Design, analysis, manufacture, and test of APC-2/AS4 thermoplastic composite pressure vessels for deep water marine applications

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1701-1732

  Yousefpour, Ali ^a   Nejhad, Mehrdad N Ghasemi ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

APC 2 AS4 deep water composite pressure vessels; Hygrothermal effects modeling; Nonlinear buckling and stress finite element analysis; Plug supported end caps with tapered radius and initial radial clearance

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYGROMETERS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MOISTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; SHEAR STRESS; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

APC-2/AS4 DEEP WATER COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSELS; DEEP WATER MARINE APPLICATIONS; HYGROTHERMAL EFFECT MODELING; IN-SITU THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE FILAMENT WINDING; INFRARED LOCAL AND GLOBAL HEATERS; NONLINEAR BUCKLING; PLUG-SUPPORTED END CAPS WITH TAPERED RADIUS/INITIAL RADIAL CLEARENCE; STRAIN GAGED HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSELS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 6944240029     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304044765     Document Type: Article

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