Mechanical Engineering Department, National Research Centre Mechanical Engineering Department, National Research Centre
Thesis Title
| Modeling and Simulation of Hydrogen Storage Tanks Fabricated From Composite Materials. |
Awarding University and Year
| Mechanical Design and Manufacturing-Faculty of Engineering –Cairo University-March 2000
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Abstract
| Use of polymer composites in manufacturing hydrogen storage tanks, allows minimizing the weight, improving the aesthetic and also increasing the pressure vessel mechanical, impact and corrosion behavior. In this study, cylindrical composite pressure vessels constituting of metallic internal liner and filament wound composite material as the outer shell were investigated. A Finite Element Method was used to predict the mechanical behavior of pressure vessels, via specially developed model. The influence of; metallic and composite layers thicknesses, number of composite layers and winding angle of filament-wound composite, were tested. A parametric study shooting minimum tank weight and cost was done to find out the optimum tank design. |