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The carbon fibre is interesting angle because I have seen in the last 5-10 years a change in fire fighters, under water rescue services and military to go from
by belorn 3y ago
The carbon fibre is interesting angle because I have seen in the last 5-10 years a change in fire fighters, under water rescue services and military to go from using steel cylinders for breathing gas (300 bar) to a composite of aluminum and carbon fibre with the same pressure of 300 bar. The benefit being targeted is the reduction in weight. Those tanks do get tested regularly but those tests might just be as pointless as in this case. If they explode they will do so with a shattering boom.
I wonder if this event will cause some changes, or if it is an expensive step in figuring out how to properly test this material.
- Philip-J-Fry 3y agoI think the behavior of the material is probably more understood when it's internal pressure vessel. I think in general that's a much more understood problem and carbon fibre probably is perfectly fine for that sort of vessel. Similar to how a thin aluminum can of beer can be pressurized quite high, but it'll quickly buckle when poked on the outside.