STRESS ANALYSIS AND BURST PRESSURE DETERMINATION OF TWO LAYER COMPOUND PRESSURE VESSEL

Multilayer pressure vessel is designed to work under high-pressure condition. This paper introduces the stress analysis and the burst pressure calculation of a two-layer shrink fitted pressure vessel. In the shrink-fitting problems, considering long hollow cylinders, the plane strain hypothesis can be regarded as more natural. Generally hoops stress distribution is non-linear and sharply reduced toward the outer surface. By shrink fitting concentric shells towards the inner shells are placed in residual compression so that the initial compressive hoop stress must be relieved by internal pressure before hoop tensile stress are developed. Therefore the maximum hoop stress will be reduced, resulting more burst pressure. The analytical results of stress distribution and burst pressure is calculated and validated by ANSYS Workbench results.