Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers offer lightweight solutions for demanding applications, but material imperfections affect structural reliability. In this study, an efficient uncertainty propagation framework is applied to predict composite behavior. The framework accounts for spatial variability of fiber misalignment, uneven fiber distribution, and single-fiber strength. Spatial variability is represented at both the micro- and mesoscale. Macroscale simulations incorporate this spatial variability indirectly using homogenized material properties. The framework was applied to composite pressure vessels, whose stochastic burst pressure was predicted. The predictions were validated by experimental measurements. These measurements show that the actual burst pressure was underpredicted by an average of 5.8%. Several hypotheses were investigated to explain this discrepancy.


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    Title :

    Composite Pressure Vessel Failure Simulation Considering Spatial Variability


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 62 , 12 ; 4834-4845


    Publication date :

    2024-12-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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