This book aims to utilize the principles that have been developed for composite materials in the aircraft industry and apply these principles for the analysis for design of fiber reinforced plastic vessels and piping in the chemical processing industry.Introduction
General
Types of FRP Vessels
FRP Vessels in the Chemical Processing Industry
Scope of This Book Properties of Constituent Layers
General
Mechanical Properties of Constituent Layers
Components of Modulus and Compliance of Constituent Layers
Effect of Operating Conditions Laminate Theory
General
Laminate Code
Rules of Mixture
One-Dimensional Laminate Theory
Two-Dimensional Laminate Theory
Failure Criteria
Conclusion Analysis for Internal Pressure Loading
Introduction
Analysis Using Shell Equations
Simplified Analysis
Experimental Verification of Laminate Theory
Failure of Composite Tubes under Internal Pressure Stability of FRP Vessels
Introduction
Vessels under Vacuum Loading or External Pressure
Vessels and Tanks Subjected to Axial Loads
Conclusion Thermal Stress Analysis
Introduction
Determination of Thermal Expansion Coefficient for Individual Layers
Off-Axis Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Stress-Strain Relations Including Thermal Strains
Thermal Residual Strains and Stresses Resulting from Thermal Change for General Laminates