Determination of lifetime probabilities of carbon fibre composite plates and pressure vessels for hydrogen storage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6031-6038

  Camara, S ^a   Bunsell, A R ^b   Thionnet, A ^b,c   Allen, D H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CENTRE DES MATÉRIAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite pressure vessel; Failure probability; Fibre failure; Life prediction; Multiscale modelling; Viscoelastic matrix

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN STORAGE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE VESSELS; PROBABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; CARBON FIBERS;

COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSELS; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FIBRE FAILURES; LIFE PREDICTIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; VISCOELASTIC MATRIX;

CARBON FIBERS; FIBERS;

EID: 79955482564     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.12.069     Document Type: Article

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