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Determination of stress and strains of a composite tank used for liquid medical products

A. E. STANCIU1, D. L. COTOROS1, L. CRISTEA1, M. BARITZ1,*

Affiliation

  1. University Transilvania of Brasov, Department of Product Design, Mechatronics and Environment

Abstract

Composite materials are made by combining two materials where one of the materials is a reinforcement (fiber) and the other material is a matrix (resin). The paper presents a theoretical approach regarding the mechanical behavior of glass fabric reinforced composite, an advanced material used for a liquid storage tank. As the most exposed part of the tank is the sight hole, the research was focused upon the stress and deformation of this part, which was subjected to the action of the stored materials pressure. The present paper deals with the study of the stress and deformation occurred inside some parts of a storage tank made of advanced composite materials as the material used for the structure consists of several layers with different properties..

Keywords

Finite element method, Advanced composite materials, Layers, Stress, Bending.

Submitted at: June 9, 2015
Accepted at: June 24, 2015

Citation

A. E. STANCIU, D. L. COTOROS, L. CRISTEA, M. BARITZ, Determination of stress and strains of a composite tank used for liquid medical products, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 17, Iss. 7-8, pp. 1146-1151 (2015)