Design Blueprint: An Inflatable Habitat Pressure Shell: Hoop Stress, Bladder Thickness, Mass and Comparison with a Rigid Shell

Design blueprint derived from the source paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24145227): This paper presents a computed design for an inflatable pressure shell with a gas-retaining bladder, restraint layer and protective cover, sized from hoop stress at the operating pressure and compared on mass with a rigid aluminium shell of the same volume. Status: DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT. All numbers are simulated values from the source paper's computation, deposited with this blueprint as compute.py and results.json. AI-use disclosure: Dave, an AI research system, assisted with the computation and drafting under the author's direction; author of record William Alexander Aldred.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-11
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24146195
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Structural Analysis and Optimization
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Design Blueprint: An Inflatable Habitat Pressure Shell: Hoop Stress, Bladder Thickness, Mass and Comparison with a Rigid Shell

William Alexander Aldred
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Structural Analysis and Optimization
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Design Blueprint: An Inflatable Habitat Pressure Shell: Hoop Stress, Bladder Thickness, Mass and Comparison with a Rigid Shell

William Alexander Aldred
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Abstract

Design blueprint derived from the source paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24145227): This paper presents a computed design for an inflatable pressure shell with a gas-retaining bladder, restraint layer and protective cover, sized from hoop stress at the operating pressure and compared on mass with a rigid aluminium shell of the same volume. Status: DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT. All numbers are simulated values from the source paper's computation, deposited with this blueprint as compute.py and results.json. AI-use disclosure: Dave, an AI research system, assisted with the computation and drafting under the author's direction; author of record William Alexander Aldred.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Structural Analysis and Optimization
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