Tension and compression extensible liner for a primary vessel
AssigneeRockwell International Corporation
InventorJoseph C. Lueke
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Abstract
A liner for a primary vessel comprises a plurality of attached, corrugated continuous sheets of membrane-type material. Each sheet has a herringbone pattern of repetitive parallelogram-like elements. Each parallelogram-like element is bounded at its four sides by bends to adjacent parallelogram-like elements, each sheet having minimally developed corrugations. The continuous sheets are therefore supportable by bearing walls of the primary vessel and may follow any deflections of these walls under conditions of structural stress and thermal deformation.
Claims6
A tension and compression extensible liner for a primary vessel, comprising:
- a plurality of attached corrugated continuous sheets of membrane-type material, each sheet having a herringbone pattern of repetitive parallelogram-like elements, each parallelogram-like element being bounded at its four sides by bends to adjacent parallelogram-like elements each sheet having minimally developed corrugations having depth to pitch ratios of less than 0.20,
- said continuous sheets thereby being supportable by load bearing walls of said primary vessel, for following any deflections of said walls, under conditions of structural stress and thermal deformation.
A continuous sheet of membrane-type material for use as a tension and compression liner for a primary vessel, comprising:
- a herringbone pattern of repetitive, contiguous parallelogram-like elements, each parallelogram-like element being bounded at its four sides by bends to adjacent parallelogram-like elements, said sheet having minimally developed corrugations having depth to pitch ratios of less than 0.20, said sheet thereby being supportable by load bearing walls of said primary vessel for following any deflections of said walls, under conditions of structural stress and thermal deformation.
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