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Title: Stress distribution in continuously heterogeneous thick laminated pressure vessels

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OSTI ID:122534
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  1. Univ. of Natal, Durban (South Africa). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Stress analysis of multilayered pressure vessels possessing cylindrical anisotropy and under internal, external and interlaminar pressure is given. The special case when the axis of anisotropy coincides with the axis of symmetry Oz and the stresses do not vary long the generator is investigated. In this case there exists a plane of elastic symmetry normal to this axis at every point of the cylinder so that each layer may be considered s orthotropic. However, elastic properties can vary through the thickness of a layer. Exact elasticity solutions are obtained for both open-ended and closed-ended cylinders using a stress function approach. The method of solution allows the forces on the layer interfaces to be taken into account with relative ease. Numerical results are presented for thick cylinders with isotropic and orthotropic layers, and stress distributions across the thickness are given.

OSTI ID:
122534
Report Number(s):
CONF-950740-; ISBN 0-7918-1333-9; TRN: IM9547%%114
Resource Relation:
Conference: Joint American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Honolulu, HI (United States), 23-27 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Composites for the pressure vessel industry. PVP-Volume 302; Bees, W.J.; Newaz, G.M.; Narita, Yoshihiro; Takezono, S.; Qatu, M.S.; Hirano, T.; Miyazaki, N.; Nakagaki, M. [eds.]; PB: 312 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English