@inproceedings{f72aa4e23d83471bb26f4d09b39a0123,
title = "DEVELOPMENT OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR A CUBOIDAL PRESSURE VESSEL WITH TENSION STRUTS",
abstract = "This article presents a manufacturing concept for an installation-space conformable, box-shaped pressure vessel. As cuboid structures underlie high bending stresses under internal pressure, reinforcing struts are integrated into the tank volume. The incorporation of these reinforcements poses various challenges: The connection of the tension struts to the outer walls of the pressure vessel is of great importance, as this is where most of the forces that counteract the internal pressure are transmitted. For the technological realization of the strut connection, continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic struts are positioned in a winding core. A CFRP-laminate is generated using filament winding, with the struts piercing the deposited carbon fiber rovings and protruding beyond the outer surface of the tank. The strut ends are anchored in the vessel wall by thermal bending and the application of additional outer CFRP layers. The main objective of this work is to present the novel manufacturing concept and verify its feasibility.",
keywords = "conformable pressure vessel, filament winding, hydrogen storage, pressure vessel, process development",
author = "Elisabeth Gleis and Jongwon Kim and Swen Zaremba and Klaus Drechsler",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}2022 Gleis et al.; 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 ; Conference date: 26-06-2022 Through 30-06-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
series = "ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability",
publisher = "Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)",
pages = "335--342",
editor = "Vassilopoulos, {Anastasios P.} and Veronique Michaud",
booktitle = "Applications and Structures",
}