• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2021

In this study, we conducted a design optimization of the Type 4 composite pressure vessels to enhance the pressure-resistant performance of the vessels while keeping the thickness of the composite layer. The design variables for the optimization were the stacking angles of the helical layers of the vessels to improve the performance. Since the carbon fibers are expensive material, it is desirable to reduce the use of the carbon fibers by applying an optimal design of the composite pressure vessel. The structural analysis and optimization process for the design of Type 4 composite pressure vessels were carried out using a commercial finite element analysis software, Abaqus and a plug-in for automated simulation, Isight, respectively. The optimization results confirmed the performance and safety of the optimized Type 4 composite pressure vessels was enhanced by 12.84% compared to the initial design.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.570-577
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• 2018

Composite pressure vessels made through filament winding are widely used in various fields. Numerous studies regarding composite pressure vessels have been conducted in the automotive industry to improve the space efficiency of trunks as well as the fuel efficiency. Compared with steel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels used in the conventional LPG vehicles, the use of type 4 composite pressure vessels has advantages in terms of reduction of the weight of vehicles. This study focused on development of type 4 composite pressure vessels that can be installed in the spare tire well. Those type 4 composite pressure vessels are designed with torispherical dome shapes instead of geodecis dome shapes because of the space limitation. To reduce deformation due to the stresses in the axial direction of the vessels, thereby securing the safety of the container, the reinforcing bar concept was applied. A structural analysis software, ABAQUS, confirmed the effect of the reinforcing bar on the axial deformation through the type 4 composite pressure vessel. As a result, the final winding angle of the composite layer was analyzed by applying $26^{\circ}/28^{\circ}/26^{\circ}/28^{\circ}/26^{\circ}/88^{\circ}$ The tensile stress was 939.2 MPa and the compressive stress was 249.3 MPa.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.172-179
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• 2021

The drop impact analysis was carried out on Type 4 pressure containers, and the degree of damage to the falling environment was predicted and determined using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) techniques. The purpose of the design and the optimization process of the winding pattern of the pressure vessel of the composite material is to verify the safety of the container in actual use. Finally, an interpretation process that can be implemented in accordance with domestic test standards can be established to reduce the cost of testing and containers through pre-test interpretation. The research on the fall analysis of pressure vessels of composite materials was conducted using Abaqus, and optimization was conducted using ISIGHT. As a result, the safety of composite pressure vessels in the falling environment was verified.

• 연구논문집
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• 통권30호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2000

Double boss type composite pressure bottles have been developed widely but single boss type had not because there are some difficulty in technical point. In this paper a research was performed to develop composite pressure vessel in conjunction with design, fabrication, and test. Fiber pattern and angles were decided by CADFIL software and they are [liner/$15^{\circ}$/$15^{\circ}$/$90^{\circ}$/$18^{\circ}$/$90^{\circ}$/$21^{\circ}$/$21^{\circ}$/$90^{\circ}$]. Fabrication of bottles was done by AEA's 5-axis filament winding machine. During fabrication fiber optic sensor were embedded to measure were behavior of structure at the applied internal pressure. Even though satisfied test results were not obtained, the experimental set-up of fiber optics showed the possibility for the application of filament wound vessels. However, the conventional strain and fabrication of single boss composite bottles.

• Composites Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.257-263
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• 2021

복합재료는 높은 비 강성 및 비 강도 특성으로 인해 기체 혹은 액체 연료를 저장하기 위한 압력 용기의 설계 및 제작에 널리 활용되고 있다. 이에 따라, 압력용기의 파열압력 또는 파단 변형률의 기계적 특성의 보다 정확한 측정은 상용화 전에 필수적 요소이다. 그러나, 기존의 시험방법을 활용한 복합재료 압력 용기의 안전성 검증은 하중 전달 매체의 변형으로 인한 추가적인 에너지 손실의 발생과, 불필요한 하중 및 모멘트의 발생 등의 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 수직기둥의 이론적인 하중전달 정도와 적용 가능한 수직방향 변위를 고려하여 세그먼트형 링 버스트 시험장치를 설계하였다. 또한, 세그먼트 형 링 버스트 시험장치의 균일한 압력분포를 검증하기 위해 수치해석을 활용하였고, 수압 시험방법과 링 시편의 원주방향 응력 및 변형률 분포를 비교하였다. 복합재료 압력용기의 파괴 거동을 모사하기 위해 Hashin 파손 기준을 적용하였고, 실험적으로 파단 변형률을 측정하여 이를 수치해석 결과와 비교하였다.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.15-30
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• 2021

With improvement in innovative manufacturing technologies, it became possible to fabricate any complex shaped structural design for practical applications. This allows for the fabrication of curvilinearly stiffened pressure vessels and pipes. Compared to straight stiffeners, curvilinear stiffeners have shown to have better structural performance and weight savings under certain loading conditions. In this paper, an optimization framework for designing curvilinearly stiffened composite pressure vessels and pipes is presented. NURBS are utilized to define curvilinear stiffeners over the surface of the pipe. An integrated tool using Python, Rhinoceros 3D, MSC.PATRAN and MSC.NASTRAN is implemented for performing the optimization. Rhinoceros 3D is used for creating the geometry, which later is exported to MSC.PATRAN for finite element model generation. Finally, MSC.NASTRAN is used for structural analysis. A Bi-Level Programming (BLP) optimization technique, consisting of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Gradient-Based Optimization (GBO), is used to find optimal locations of stiffeners, geometric dimensions for stiffener cross-sections and layer thickness for the composite skin. A cylindrical pipe stiffened by orthogonal and curvilinear stiffeners under torsional and bending load cases is studied. It is seen that curvilinear stiffeners can lead to a potential 10.8% weight saving in the structure as compared to the case of using straight stiffeners.

• Composites Research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2001

복합재료 압력용기를 개발하기 위하여 설계, 제작, 시험을 연계한 연구가 수행되었다. 섬유의 와인딩 패턴 및 각도는 CADFIL 코드를 활용하여 결정하였고, 그 각도는 [$liner/15^{\circ}/15^{\circ}/90^{\circ}/18^{\circ}/90^{\circ}/21^{\circ}/21^{\circ}/90^{\circ}$] 이었다. 압력용기의 제작은 5축 필라멘트 와인딩기를 활용하여 이루어졌다. 제조 공정 중에 광섬유 센서를 매립하여 내부 압력이 가해질 때 각 지점에서 스트레인을 측정하였다. 광섬유가 실험적으로 사용된 반면에 일반적으로 적용하는 스트레인 게이지를 부착하여 안정적인 시험결과를 확보하였다. 가압 시험결과는 유한요소 해석 결과와 비교하였고 그 결과는 유사한 일치를 보여주었다. 이 과정을 통하여 개구부 한개를 지닌 복합재료 압력용기의 설계, 제작 및 시험평가가 성공적으로 이루어져 제조기술의 확보가 가능하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

복합재 고압 용기는 우수한 기계적 강도를 유지하면서 경쟁적인 무게절감을 얻을 수 있는 복합재의 장점으로 인해 최근에 많이 사용되고 있다. 하지만 고압에서 발생하는 복합재의 기밀 문제(permeability)를 보완하기 위해 금속으로 덧대는 Type 3 형태의 구조로 많이 사용된다. 그러나 복잡한 기하학적 형상, 제조공정 변수 등으로 인해 차입 3 형태의 압력용기를 설계하는 데에는 많은 어려움이 뒤따른다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 변수들을 고려하는 준측지궤적 알고리즘(semi-geodesic algorithm)과 최적화를 위한 유전자 알고리즘을 적용하여 차입 3 복합재 압력용기의 GUI(graphic user interface) 최적설계 프로그램을 개발하였다. 또한 개발된 프로그램을 이용하여 연료 전지 자동차에 적용되는 350/700 바 수소저장용기에 대해 최적 설계를 수행하였다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2003

The fiber reinforced composite material is widely used in the multi-industrial field where the weight reduction of the infrastructure is demanded because of their high specific modulus and specific strength. It has two main merits which are to cut down energy by reducing weight and to prevent explosive damage preceding to the sudden bursting which is generated by the pressure leakage condition. Therefore, Pressure vessels using this composite material in comparison with conventional metal vessels can be applied in the field such as defense industry, aerospace industry and rocket motor case where lightweight and the high pressure are demanded. In this paper, for nonlinear finite element analysis of E-glass/epoxy filament winding composite pressure vessel receiving an internal pressure, the standard interpretation model is developed by using the ANSYS, general commercial software, which is verified as the accuracy and useful characteristic of the solution based on Auto LISP and ANSYS APDL. Both the preprocessor for doing exclusive analysis of filament winding composite pressure vessel and postprocessor that simplifies result of analysis have been developed to help the design engineers.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.525-536
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• 2018

This paper focuses on the application of the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) to thermo-elastic static problems of functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) cylindrical pressure vessels. A symmetric displacement field is considered as unknown function along the longitudinal direction, whereas a linear distribution is assumed along the thickness direction. The cylindrical pressure vessels are subjected to an inner and outer pressure under a temperature increase. Different patterns of reinforcement are applied as distribution of CNTs. The effective material properties of FG-CNTRC cylindrical pressure vessels are measured based on the rule of mixture, whereas the governing equations of the problem are here derived through the principle of virtual works. A large parametric investigation studies the effect of some significant parameters, such as the pattern and volume fraction of CNTs, on the longitudinal distribution of deformation, strain and stress components, as useful tool for practical engineering applications.