There is increasing interest in techniques that permit weight reduction of thick cylinders, particularly gun barrels. The method examined within this paper involves the external wrapping of a carbon fiber-based laminate jacket around a steel liner. Various design options are examined, e.g., prior autofrettage of a steel liner followed by external tension wrapping and benign wrapping of a stress-free steel liner followed by autofrettage of the assembly. Outcomes include optimum overstrain and machining of the steel liner, identification of a potential “crushing” failure mode due to radial compressive stresses and techniques for application of tension wrapping which optimize hoop stress within the composite jacket. Finally, possible combinations of fiber orientations are discussed.
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February 2005
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Stresses Within Compound Tubes Comprising a Steel Liner and an External Carbon-Fiber Wrapped Laminate
Anthony P. Parker,
e-mail: tony_parker@tesco.net
Anthony P. Parker
Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University, Swindon, SN6 8LA, England
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Edward Troiano,
Edward Troiano
Army Armament RD&E Center, Bene´t Laboratories, Watervliet, New York 12189
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John H. Underwood
John H. Underwood
Army Armament RD&E Center, Bene´t Laboratories, Watervliet, New York 12189
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Anthony P. Parker
Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University, Swindon, SN6 8LA, England
e-mail: tony_parker@tesco.net
Edward Troiano
Army Armament RD&E Center, Bene´t Laboratories, Watervliet, New York 12189
John H. Underwood
Army Armament RD&E Center, Bene´t Laboratories, Watervliet, New York 12189
Paper presented at the 2004 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference (PVP2004), July 25, 2004–July 29, 2004, San Diego, CA, USA. Contributed by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received by the PVP Division October 25, 2004; revision received November 1, 2004. Review conducted by: S. Zamrik.
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Feb 2005, 127(1): 26-30 (5 pages)
Published Online: March 15, 2005
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Received:
October 25, 2004
Revised:
November 1, 2004
Online:
March 15, 2005
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Parker, A. P., Troiano , E., and Underwood, J. H. (March 15, 2005). "Stresses Within Compound Tubes Comprising a Steel Liner and an External Carbon-Fiber Wrapped Laminate." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. February 2005; 127(1): 26–30. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1845472
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