https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-9652
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1230-2423
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-9652
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1230-2423
Pressure vessels are widely used in various aerospace and automotive applications. For some applications with limited space, spherical and ellipsoidal shapes are less attractive than toroids. Toroidal shapes can be defined as curved, endless hollow shapes that eliminate the need for end caps when used for pressure vessels. This study presents an analytical formulation using lamination parameters for the novel design of toroidal pressure vessels. The proposed design is based on stiffness tailoring by changing the fiber tow trajectories spatially through the structure to suppress the direct stress and strain gradients in the thickness direction, leading to reduced structural weight, defined as bend-free variable-angle-tow (VAT) toroidal pressure vessels. For a toroidal pressure vessel with a fixed geometry, the VAT distribution through the structure to suppress bending is obtained. Subsequently, the bending stresses and strain levels in the designed VAT toroidal pressure vessels are assessed numerically and compared with those of their isotropic and constant-stiffness composite counterparts. Results show that the designed VAT toroidal pressure vessel generates considerably lower degrees of bending than its corresponding isotropic and constant-stiffness composite counterparts.
Efficient Design Methods for Variable-Angle-Tow Composite Toroidal Pressure Vessels
AIAA Journal ; 62 , 9 ; 3559-3568
01.09.2024
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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