A study of residual burst strength of composite over wrapped pressure vessel due to low velocity impact

Abstract The aim of this research was to study the residual burst strength, dynamic structural response, and failure mechanism of composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) subjected to low velocity impact by numerically and experimentally. A three-dimensional composite pressure vessel model was developed using Wound composite module (WCM) plugin of Abaqus. The impact response of composite pressure vessels was calculated based on the Hashin progressive damage criteria. The residual burst strength was predicted using maximum strain failure criteria. The COPV was impact tested and the residual burst strength was calculated. The predicted and testing results were compared, and a good correlation was found.