Lightweight blast resistant container
OwnerD. Erich Weerthinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a novel lightweight blast resistant container. It consists of containers made of a blast resistant fiber reinforced polymer resin matrix composite. The invention employs a novel construction configuration whereby the container is created by the appropriate nesting of composite parts to create a cube, box or multi-faceted geometry. As a result of the nesting, the box like geometry exhibits characteristics that cause the geometry to behave more like a sphere than a box when subjected to internal blast pressures. Such an approach provides an optimized minimum weight solution by fully utilizing the entire material volume, whereby ultimate tensile strength can be simultaneously developed everywhere in the container.
Claims29
A blast resistant container, constructed entirely or in part of a blast resistant composite material.
A method of constructing a blast resistant container, comprising:
- providing a tool which allows for forming of three nested parts,
- fabricating and curing the nested parts;
- and,
- assembling the container from the three nested parts, such that circumferential hoop constraint is achieved about three orthogonal axes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.