EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THICK-WALLED COMPOSITE TUBES UNDER AXISYMMETRIC LOADING | ||||
The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||||
Article 80, Volume 18, 18th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., April 2018, Page 1-15 PDF (909.38 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/amme.2018.35026 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
A. M. Musrati1; M. I. El-Geuchy2; E. E. El-Soualy3 | ||||
1Libyan Armed Forces, Libya. | ||||
2Egyptian Armed Forces, Egypt. | ||||
3Professor, Higher Technological Institute, 10th Ramadan; Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT This paper addresses thick-walled composite tubes under axisymmetric loading (axial and torsional). A thick-walled tube is manufactured from glass/epoxy composite material, having thickness to outer diameter ratio greater than 0.1. For this highly thick-walled tube, a developed test rig is built to apply a pure torsional load and measure the torsional stiffness of the tube. Adding to that, the tube is tested under a compressive axial load. This is done to validate the existence of the axial-torsional coupling and to experimentally complete the understanding of the tube structural behavior under axisymmetric loading conditions. The testing results are also used to validate the available theoretical methods used in analysis and design of composite tubes under torsion. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Filament winding; TGA; torsional stiffness; extensional stiffness; axial-torsional coupling | ||||
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