Summary
Project Title:
Finite Element Analysis of a Coiled Composite Tubular
Prinicipal Investigators:
Ozden Ochoa
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Completion Date:
March, 2000
Final Report:
A104 (Click to view final report abstract)
The objective of this research is to provide a computational assessment of a spoilable, composite tubular, under the typical working loads of a drilling riser, and the bending loads due to storage using a commercial finite element package. In order to facilitate coiling, the tube wall in this study has a complex sequence of a polyethylene liner, hoop-wound glad/epoxy sections within rubber, and an outer layer of unidirectional glass/epoxy reinforcement.
Related Publications: Ochoa, O.O and Judice, D., “Composite Spoolable Tubulars”, Proceedings of the 9th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials, Mishima, Japan, July 2000, pp. 513-520.
