Buckling of filament-wound cylindrical vessels subjected to external pressure

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2842184· OSTI ID:231036

Olivas, J D; Ravi-Chandar, K ^[1]; Bustillos, J; Craigie, L ^[2]

---

1. Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
2. Dow Chemical, Freeport, TX (United States). Texas Operations

A study was carried out to evaluate the buckling of anisotropic cylindrical vessels subjected to external pressure. The cylinders were fabricated with filament-wound glass fiber in a vinyl-ester resin matrix and tested using a novel experimental procedure. Characteristic response of each specimen to strain and acoustic emission were compared to the onset of buckling. The measured onset of buckling lobe formation agreed with values predicted by classical calculation methods founded on Donnell kinematic relations and antisymmetric assumptions. Also, two ASME design criteria, Section 10 and RTP-1, for the design of thin-walled cylindrical vessels made from fiber-reinforced thermosetting plastic, subjected to external pressure were evaluated; RTP-l was found to be too conservative, while Section 10 did not provide the professed design factor of 5.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 231036
• Journal Information: Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Journal Name: Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 118; ISSN JPVTAS; ISSN 0094-9930
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
42 ENGINEERING
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DEFORMATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PRESSURE VESSELS
REINFORCED MATERIALS
STANDARDS