Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
The effects of manufacture flaws and repairs in high altitude scientific balloons was examined. A right circular cylinder was used to induce a biaxial tension-tension stress field in the polyethlene film used to manufacture these balloons. A preliminary investigation of the effect that cylinder geometry has on stress rate as a function of inflation rate was conducted. The ultimate goal was to rank, by order of degrading effects, the flaws and repairs commonly found in current high altitude balloons.
Keywords:
STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
Type:
NASA-CR-181872
,
NAS 1.26:181872
Format:
application/pdf