Lecturer/organiser: Michael Kezirian Course dates: 17-21 March 2025 Venue: Los Angeles, CA (US)
Upon registration, an invoice will be sent for payment. For more info, contact: michael.kezirian@spacesafetyfoundation.org
Course content: High performance Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) have been utilized in the aerospace and automotive industries for many years, providing for inherently safe, lightweight and cost-effective storage for pressurized fluids. COPVs are commonly used for the storage of fluids for propellants in spacecraft and launch vehicles. They are also used for the storage of nitrogen and oxygen in environmental and life support systems.
Typically, the stored energy for pressurized systems in aerospace applications is equivalent to several pounds of trinitrotoluene (TNT) with the magnitude depending on the quantity, pressure and fluid contained. In addition to the release of this energy, the consequences of a COPV failure contain the fluid include the release of potentially hazardous fluids.
In the event that any flight hardware survives the explosion, the contained fluids are no longer available for its intended purpose.
