Stress-rupture life of Kevlar/epoxy spherical pressure vessels

Technical Report · Fri Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6627216

Toland, R H; Chiao, T T

A study is in progress to determine the life of Kevlar/epoxy spherical pressure vessels subjected to a constant, sustained pressure until vessel failure, i.e., stress-rupture. This study has two objectives: to generate baseline data on the stress-rupture life of Kevlar/epoxy pressure vessel and to apply statistical reliability theory to vessel and strand data to define vessel life statistics and reliability at given pressure (stress) levels. This report, the second of three, is a compilation of the current pressure vessel data to-date and all strand stress-rupture data generated at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory on several composite materials.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6627216
• Report Number(s): UCID-17755(Pt.2)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RUPTURES
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PRESSURE VESSELS
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REINFORCED PLASTICS
FAILURES
FIBERS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
STRESSES
CONFIGURATION
CONTAINERS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
REINFORCED MATERIALS
TESTING
360303* - Composite Materials- Mechanical Properties- (-1987)