FEM STRESS ANALYSIS OF HIGH-PRESSURE WIRE REINFORCED HOSES

Abstract

The program system developed for the stress analysis of fibre reinforced hoses reckoning with material and geometrical nonlinearities suits analysis of hoses exposed to internal pressure, axial force, bending moment, or to any combination of them. Computed and measured results for a hose specimen of simple structure have been compared, and strain and stress states of a hose of complex structure exposed to internal --pressure analyzed. Studies on wire reinforced hoses have been made at the Institute of Machine Design, TUB, on commission by the Taurus Rubber Works.