Studying the production of filament wound composite pressure vessels

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Nunes, JP (Author) Other; Velosa, JC (Author) Other; Antunes, PJ (Author) Other; Silva, JF (Author) Other; António Torres Marques (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

16th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-16 - A Giant Step Towards Environmental Awareness: From Green Composites to Aerospace""

Kyoto, 8 July 2007 through 13 July 2007

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Authenticus ID: P-007-Z1R

Abstract (EN): A new generation of composite pressure vessels for large scale market applications has been studied in this work. The vessels consist on a thermoplastic liner wrapped with a filament winding glass fibre reinforced polymer matrix structure. A high density polyethylene (HDPE) was selected as liner and a thermosetting resin was used as matrices in the glass reinforced filament wound laminate. The Abaqus 6.5.1 FEM package was used to predict the mechanical behaviour of pressure vessels according to the requirements of the EN 13923:2005 standard. The composite laminate and thermoplastic liner failures were predicted, considering the elasto-plastic behaviour of the HDPE liner and the laminae properties, respectively. Finally, prototype pressure vessels were produced in the defined conditions to be submitted to pressure tests. The comparison between the FEM simulations and experimental results are discussed in the present paper.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific