Design and fabrication of containment rings for use in tests of six prototype flywheel rotors
The methods used for the design of rings for the threshold containment of the prototype composite rotors in support of preliminary flywheel evaluation tests are reported. The methods described should serve primarily as a means of documenting the considerations that were involved in the design effort and should not be generally applied. The design effort was pointed only to radial containment effects. Because of the nature of the testing which could only incorporate open containment rings, as opposed to closed housings. Six containment ring designs are evaluated. Overwrapping a metallic ring with a high performance fabric like Kevlar appears to offer important weight savings and design concepts involving such devices should be evaluated. Use of Kevlar fabric in the evacuated space has been found to be objectionable because of out-gassing effects, but proper cleaning procedures can be followed during manufacture of the yarn to render the material acceptable in this regard.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Philadelphia, PA (USA). Valley Forge Space Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6131557
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-15370; ON: DE82003292
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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