- Coated and laminated textiles for aerostats and airships
- 127243
- 3a
- material challenges and technology
- Joshi, Mangala
- Abingdon
- CRC Press
- 2022
- 9781138360693
- x, 339 pages : illustrations
- Airships
- Materials - Non-Metallic
- This book covers material challenges and technology innovation in coated and laminated textiles for aerostat and airship. Aerostats/airships are lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft which are generally used in defense applications and face many harsh environmental conditions. For sustaining such conditions, special requirements are there for the material to be used in aerostat/airship which generally includes a multi-layered coated/laminated textile using a textile fabric in base layer and different polymers for coating/lamination. Therefore, this book covers typical materials developed by different countries, challenges for developing material for aerostat/airship envelope and the future scope. Features: Exclusive title on materials used for LTA (lighter than air) envelope. Discusses material challenges such as selection of suitable fiber, polymer, additive, coating/lamination technique, joint type, and sealing techniques. Includes typical materials developed by different companies and researchers worldwide. Clearly explains technical concepts using figures, schemes, and tabulated data. Includes case studies on material developed for aerostat/airship by different countries including NASA, Lockheed Martin, JAXA, ADRDE and DRDO. This book aims at Graduate Students, Researchers and Professionals in Textiles Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering
Chapter 1: Introduction to LTA systems: Aerostats and Airships by Mangala Joshi and Bapan Adak, Chapter 2: Modern Technologies for Manufacturing Aerostat and Airship by BS Butola, S Wazed Ali and Shikha Chouhan, Chapter 3: Fibres and Fabrics for Aerostat and Airship by Abhijit Majumdar and Unsanhame Mawkhlieng, Chapter 4: Coated Textiles for the Envelope of LTA systems by Dipak K. Setua , Biswa R. Das , N. Eswara Prasad , Neeraj Mandlekar , Mangala Joshi, Chapter 5: Laminated Textiles for the envelope of LTA systems by Mangala Joshi, Bapan Adak, Rishabh Tiwari and Sidhant Varshney, Chapter 6: Polyurethane Nanocomposite based films and coatings: An advanced material for aerostat/airship envelope by Mangala Joshi ,Bapan Adak and Upashana Chatterjee, Chapter 7: Degradation behaviour of polymers and Failure Mechanisms in envelope of LTA systems by Mangala Joshi, Upashana Chatterjee and Gaurav Singh, Chapter 8 : Developments in Weather Resistant Polyurethane Coatings for Inflatables by Mangala Joshi and Upashana Chatterjee, Chapter 9: Testing and Evaluation of LTA systems by BS Butola, S Parashuram, Gaurav Singh and Neeraj Mandlekar, Chapter 10: Modelling for Performance Analysis of Aerostat/Airship by Bapan Adak, S Parashuram and Mangala Joshi, Chapter 11: Future Trends in the Area of Material Development for Aerostat/Airship by Subhash Mandal, Debmalya Roy, Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay, N. Eswara Prasad, Mangala Joshi.