Filament winding has proven to be a viable manufacturing technique to produce composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPV) for use in space applications. This technique incorporates winding of composite prepregs tapes over a thin metal shell followed by curing. Simulation of this manufacturing process and subsequent assessment of vessel durability and damage tolerance (D & DT) is a computationally challenging task, which requires progressive failure analysis (PFA). This demanding task can be accomplished using GENOA Progressive Failure Analysis (GENOA-PFA), a tested virtual design/analysis software capable of simulating progressive failure of composite structures in a variety of situations. A GENOA-PFA module simulating the manufacturing process for COPVS has resulted in integration of manufacturing, progressive failure, and probabitistic analysis into a robust software package, GENOA-COBSTRAN. GENOA-COBSTRAN has been used to simulate the manufacture and pressurization of a filament wound cylinder c onsisting of an aluminum 6061-T6 liner overwrapped with graphite- epoxy composite. The result of the simulation are presented and show 1) the failure pressure, 2) damage progression and 4) locations and failure modes of failure.


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    Title :

    Filament winding simulation of a composite overwrapped pressure vessel


    Contributors:
    Kamat, S. (author) / Su, X. (author) / Forsyth, B.S. (author) / Keddy, C. (author) / Beeson, H.D. (author) / Chamis, C. (author)


    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    9 Seiten, 7 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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