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General Tank Papers

 

DoD Approval 

AIAA 99-2831 Low Cost Derivative Tanks for Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles (1.5 Mb) 04-S-2297
IAA P8  Low Cost Tankage Provided for Recent Discovery Missions (1998) (763 kb) 04-S-2298
AIAA 2006-5058  Conceptual Design of Space-Efficient Tanks 06-S-1833
AIAA 95-2534 Review and History of PSI Elastomeric Diaphragm Tanks 08-S-0971
AIAA 2008-4940 Tank Trade Studies - An Overview 08-S-1346
 

PMD and PMD Tank Papers

AIAA 95-2527 Design and Development of the Intelsat VIIA and N-Star Propellant Tanks 07-S-1291
AIAA 95-2528 
Design and Development of the NEAR Oxidizer Tank (374 kb) (ATK P/N 80379) 04-S-2296
AIAA 95-2529 
Design & Development of a Communications Satellite Propellant Tank (P/N 80375) 04-S-2308
AIAA 96-2748
Design, Development, Qualification, and Manufacture of the HS 601 Propellant Tank (424 kb), (ATK P/N 80350) 04-S-2315
AIAA 96-2749 Design & Development of a Communications Satellite Propellant Tank (ATK P/N 80380) 04-S-2313
AIAA 97-2812 Design & Development of the AXAF-IPS PMD & PMD Integration  (871 kb) 04-S-2294
AIAA 97-2813 Design and Manufacture of a Propellant Tank Assembly (ATK P/N 80387) 04-S-2293
AIAA 98-3199 Design and Manufacture of the HS 601 Block II Propellant Tank Assembly (557 kb)
(ATK P/N 80399)
04-S-2316
AIAA 98-3200 Design and Development of a PMD-Type Bipropellant Tank (ATK P/N 80398) 04-S-2310
AIAA 2000-3444 Design and Manufacture of a Propellant Tank Assembly (ATK P/N 80420) 04-S-2318
AIAA 2001-3825 Design and Manufacture of an Oxidizer Tank Assembly (ATK P/N 80426) 04-S-2319
AIAA 2001-3826 Propellant Tank for an Advanced Communications Satellite (P/N 80411) 04-S-2299
AIAA 2002-4137 Design and Manufacture of an Ultra-lightweight Propellant Management Device 04-S-2311
AIAA 2002-4139
Design and Manufacture of the MESSENGER  Propellant Tank Assembly (ATK P/N 80433) 04-S-2312
AIAA 2003-4604
Development of a Titanium Propellant Tank (ATK P/N 80430) 04-S-2314
AIAA 2003-4606
Design and Manufacture of a Lightweight Fuel  Tank Assembly (ATK P/N 80425) 04-S-2325
AIAA 2003-4607 Hybrid Propellant Tanks for Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles 04-S-1629
AIAA 2004-3505 Development of a Composite Wrapped Propellant Tank (ATK P/N 80434) 04-S-2307
AIAA 2005-3734 Design and Manufacture of an Oxidizer Tank with a Surface Tension PMD (ATK P/N 80435) 05-S-1503
AIAA 2007-5559 Design & Manufacture of a Propellant Tank Assembly  (ATK P/N 80474) 07-S-1348
AIAA 2008-4942 Propellant Tank for Tight CG Control  (ATK P/N 80484) 08-S-1335
AIAA 2008-5105 Propellant Tank for On-Orbit Propellant Transfer  (ATK P/N 80454) 08-S-0971
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Diaphragm Tank Papers

AIAA 95-2534 Review and History of ATK Elastomeric Diaphragm Tanks (665 kb) 04-S-2317
AIAA 2003-4611 Development of an EPDM Elastomeric Material for use in Hydrazine Propulsion Systems  04-S-1628
AIAA 2004-3507 Design and Manufacture of a Composite Overwrapped Elastomeric Diaphragm Tank (ATK P/N 80427)  04-S-2309
 

Pressurant Tank Papers

AIAA 96-2751 Titanium Lined, Carbon Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (ATK P/N 80400 & 80446) 04-S-2305
AIAA 96-2752 Design and Manufacture of a Composite Overwrapped Xenon Conical Pressure Vessel  (ATK P/N 80386) 04-S-2304
AIAA 2000-3677 Design and Manufacture of the ETS VIII Xenon Tank (ATK P/N 80412)  04-S-2306
AIAA 2002-4349 Design and Manufacture of a Composite Overwrapped Pressurant Tank Assembly 
(ATK P/N 80436)
04-S-1630
AIAA 2004-3511 Design Modification of a Diaphragm Propellant Tank for a Pressurant Tank Application 
(ATK P/N 80448)
05-S-0519
AIAA 2007 5500  Design & Manufacture of a High Performance High Mass Efficient Gas Tank for the Vega Avum
(ATK P/N 80475)
07-S-1347

 

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