Experimental and Finite-Element Analysis of Metal-Inserted Filament-Wound Composite Tubes

Author(s):  
Y. D. Li ◽  
H. B. Luo ◽  
Y. Yan ◽  
J. X. Ye ◽  
F. L. Guo
2014 ◽  
Vol 656 ◽  
pp. 288-297
Author(s):  
Krishna Murari Pandey ◽  
Abhijit Dey ◽  
P.L. Choudhury

The aim of present study was investigate the buckling pressure of moderately thick-walled filament-wound carbon–epoxy stiffened composite pressure vessel subjected to external hydrostatic pressure through finite element analysis and compare the result with un-stiffened filament wound carbon/epoxy composite pressure vessel used in under water vehicle applications. The winding angles were [±30/90] FW, [±45/90] FW and [±60/90] FW. ANSYS 14.0 APDL, a commercial finite element software package successfully predicted the buckling pressure of filament-wound composite pressure vessel with a deviation much higher than the results of un-stiffened filament wound composite cylinder .All the finite element analysis shows that the composite pressure vessel with winding pattern [±60/90] FW has the higher value of critical buckling pressure. Major failure modes in both the analysis were dominated by the helical winding angles.


Author(s):  
Emre Özaslan ◽  
Bülent Acar ◽  
Ali Yetgin

Filament wound composite structures are widely used in aerospace applications such as motor case of rockets owing to their high stiffness/weight ratio and high strength. However, design and analysis of a filament wound structure is so complex due to the anisotropic nature of the composite material. Variation of the winding angle through the rocket motor case axis and through the thickness, which is also a function of winding angle are the main challenges to the realistic modeling of a filament wound composite rocket motor case. In this study, finite element analysis of a filament wound rocket motor case with unequal dome openings was performed. The finite element model was compared with manufactured motor case in terms of winding angle and thickness to ensure the exact modeling. The finite element analysis was compared with burst tests in terms of fiber direction strain distribution through the outer surface of the motor case to verify analysis. The weak regions of the motor case were determined with finite element analysis to be transition region from cylinder to dome which is subjected to significant bending because of the stiffness difference between these regions. Then, some design improvements were proposed to increase the mechanic performance of motor case. Significant improvement was succeeded in terms of mechanic performance. Important aspects of designing and analyzing a filament wound composite rocket motor case were addressed for designers.


2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Vasovic

The subject of this work is focused on strength analysis of filament-wound composite tubes made of E glass/polyester under internal pressure. The primary attention of this investigation is to develop a reliable computation procedure for stress, displacement and initial failure analysis of layered composite tubes. For that purpose we have combined the finite element method (FEM) with corresponding initial failure criterions. In addition, finite element analyses using commercial code, MSC/NASTRAN, were performed to predict the behavior of filament wound structures. Computation results are compared with experiments. Good agreement between computation and experimental results are obtained.


Author(s):  
P C Tse ◽  
S R Reid ◽  
S P Ng

Closed-form solutions from complementary strain energy are derived for the spring stiffnesses of mid-surface symmetric, filament-wound, composite circular rings under unidirectional loading. A three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) including the effects of transverse shear has also been applied to study the problem. Four > 45° and four > 75° E-glass/epoxy composite rings of odd numbers of covers were tested. Comparisons of the results obtained from the two methods with experimental data are made and the results are found to be in good agreement. The FEA prediction of stiffness is always higher than the theoretical result. The relationships between the spring stiffnesses and the winding angles and geometry of the filament-wound composite ring are considered and discussed.


Author(s):  
Jifeng Wang ◽  
Qubo Li ◽  
Norbert Mu¨ller

A mechanical and optimal analyses procedure is developed to assess the stresses and deformations of Novel Wound Composite Axial-Impeller under loading conditions particular to centrifuge. This procedure is based on an analytical method and Finite Element Analysis (FEA, commercial software ANSYS) results. A low-cost, light-weight, high-performance, composite turbomachinery impeller from differently designed patterns will be evaluated. Such impellers can economically enable refrigeration plants using water as a refrigerant (R718). To create different complex patterns of impellers, MATLAB is used for creating the geometry of impellers, and CAD software UG is used to build three-dimensional impeller models. Available loading conditions are: radial body force due to high speed rotation about the cylindrical axis and fluid forces on each blade. Two-dimensional plane stress and three-dimensional stress finite element analysis are carried out using ANSYS to validate these analytical mechanical equations. The von Mises stress is investigated, and maximum stress and Tsai-Wu failure criteria are applied for composite material failure, and they generally show good agreement.


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