CNG2-G-356-80-20B

CNG steel inner tank ring winding cylinder for vehicle

Finite element stress analysis report

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1 Preface
and do finite element stress analysis for ​Φ​356 CNG steel inner tank ring winding
cylinder for vehicle according to requirement of GB24160-2009 <CNG inner tank
ring winding steel cylinder for vehicle>. Analysis of the basis is the drawing and the
corresponding information supplied by. Table 1 is all internal pressure parameters of
inner tank and composite cylinder, table 4 is winding layer sequence and parameter of
composite cylinders.
ANSYS is a large and world famous finite element analysis software , and it is
recommended by Chinese Pressure Vessel Standards Committee. It can fully meet the
requirements of material and several large deformation analysis. This project use
ANSYS10 to analysis, inner tank using SOLID45 unit, composite layer using
SHELL181 unit. The analysis considers the inner tank material nonlinear and large
deformation geometrical nonlinearity.
Table 1 Fiber material performance of inner tank and the composite layer
Tag number Modulus of Poisson's Yield limit Ultimate Elongation
elasticity ratio strength rate
30CrMo 206GPa 0.3 ≥695MPa ≥815 14%
≤880
Glass fiber ≥930GPa --- --- ≥2000MPa ≥2.6%
158B
Note: 1 Inner tank material performance parameters which used in finite element
calculation can obtain from Figure 1, ultimate strength is 869.8Mpa.
2 The unidirectional composites tensile strength ≥ 930Mpa.
​Table 2 Performance parameters of 158B glass fiber / epoxy resin composite material
.
E​X​/GPa E​Y​/GPa E​Z​/GPa V​XY V​YZ V​XZ G​XY​/GPa G​YZ​/GPa G​XZ​/GPa
40.0 7.4 7.4 0.26 0.05 0.26 3.5 1.7 1.7
Table 3 composite cylinder pressure P (Mpa) in a variety of circumstances
Working pressure Test pressure Autofrettage pressure Minimum actual
bursting pressure
20.0MPa 30.0 MPa 33.0 MPa 54.0 MPa

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 Fig.1 True stress - strain tensile curve of 30CrMo

Table 4 Forming sequence and parameter of ring winding cylinder.

Sequence Winding angle Yarn sheet packing Tension Composite layer
density total thickness
1 6.82
2 6.82
3 6.82
4 ≈90° 3.7unit/cm 6.82 5.43mm
. 6.82
. 6.82
19 6.82
20 6.82

2 Calculation model
Geometric size use in the calculation of inner tank as shown in table 2,
composite layer sizes are shown in table 4, finite element mesh as shown in Figure 3.
Boundary conditions: applying symmetry constraint in flat model plane surface,
applying equivalent tensile stress of F= (13.92 × P) / (212-13.92) in the nozzle end
face of cylinders, the bottom of the cylinder applied axial displacement is zero
displacement constraints, cylinder inner wall exerts pressure P.

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Fig.2 Finite element calculation by Region

Fig.3 Finite element mesh

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3 The calculation process and results
● The calculation process
Process 1: Prestressed produced due to composite layer winding tension;
Process 2：Connect with process 1,the cylinders from the 0.0MPa internal pressure,
rise to the inner pressure of 33Mpa (autofrettage pressure);
Process 3: Connect with process 2, internal pressure is dropped from 33.0MPa to
0.0Mpa;
Process 4: Connect with process 3, from the 0.0MPa internal pressure, boost to
20.0Mpa (working pressure);
Process 5: Connect with process 4, from the 20.0MPa internal pressure, boost to
30.0Mpa (hydraulic test pressure);
Process 6: Connect with process 5, from the 30.0MPa internal pressure, boost to
54.0Mpa (the actual minimum burst pressure) ;
● The calculation results
Each load, the ring and Mises stress distribution diagram of inner tank and winding
layer (the inner layer) are shown as figure 4- figure 15.
The process of stress calculation results are shown in Table 5.
Cylinder Body inner stress
Load The maximum stress of inner tank The maximum stress (innermost)
of composite layer
P Ring Mises Ring Mises
0(Winding) 17.009(Compressive stress) 17.365 14.763 14.791
33 780.215 701.758 224.458 214.191
0 126.261(Compressive stress) 116.233 85.307 81.492
20 482.828 432.759 169.431 161.721
30 711.617 639.67 211.738 202.062
54 778.224 719.095 923.56 853.408
4 Requirements and the results of stress distribution
According to the national standard GB24160-2009 requirements: calculation
stress under the actual minimum burst pressure / calculation stress under the working
pressure ≥ 2.75 (fiber stress ratio).
We know from the table: the fiber direction (circumferential) stress is 169.431
MPa under the working pressure (20.0MPa), the fiber direction (circumferential)
stress for 923.56 MPa under the actual minimum burst pressure (54.0MPa), fiber
stress ratio 923.56/169.431=5.48 ≥ 2.75. The maximum tensile stress in the composite
layer is 923.56 MPa when the pressure is 54.0MPa, it is less than the tensile strength
of 930MPa.
We know from the analysis results of stress, the calculated results to meet the

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national standard GB24160-2009 requirements.

(a)​ ​Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.4 Lining ring circumferential and Mises stress distribution under composite layer
winding tension.

(a)​ ​Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.5 Winding layer circumferential and Mises stress distribution under composite
layer winding tension.

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 (a)​ ​Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress
Fig.6 Lining ring circumferential and Mises stress distribution under self tighting
pressure

(a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.7 Winding layer (the innermost layer) circumferential and Mises stress
distribution under self tighting pressure

(a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.8 Lining ring circumferential and Mises stress distribution under zero pressure

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 (a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress
Fig.9 Winding layer (the innermost layer) circumferential and Mises stress
distribution under zero pressure

(a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.10 Lining ring circumferential and Mises stress distribution under working
pressure

(a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.11 Winding layer (the innermost layer) circumferential and Mises stress
distribution under working pressure

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 (a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress
Fig.12 Lining ring circumferential and Mises stress distribution under hydraulic test
pressure

(a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.13 Hydrostatic test pressure winding layer hoop and Mises stress distribution

(a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress

Fig.14 The minimum practical blasting pressure lining ring to and Mises stress
distribution

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 (a) Circumferential stress (b) Mises stress
Fig.15 The minimum practical blasting pressure winding layer hoop and Mises stress
distribution

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