ICAR Technical Series no. 7 - Nitra Proc.

Harty et al.A solid plane was constructed so that deflections would not penetrate theplane of symmetry. The elements CONTA174 and TARGE170 were usedto model contact between the internal liner barrel and the solid plane. Thecontact elements overlaid the solid elements describing the internal linerbarrel.Initial loading consisted of the radial and axial stretch when a liner is placedin the shell. Nonlinear geometry options were enabled due to the largedeflections expected. Ansys solution control options were enabled. Themodel was then solved at the initial time step because loading may bepath dependent and the principle of superposition would not apply.Differential pressures between 45kPa and –25kPa were placed across theliner barrel and the solution was obtained.Three liner types were held in an Instron tensile testing machine andstretched to 50mm at a rate of 100mm/min. The load was then relaxed atthe same rate. The load versus displacement curve was obtained and linearregression was carried out on these curves.ValidationexperimentThe measurements of the axial forces on the liner from experiments werecompared with the F.E. model and are shown in figure 1. The comparisonfor the soft and medium material types are within result tolerances due tomaterial properties, but the results for the hard material show a largerdifference between the model and the tensile tests. During the tensile teststhe hard material was stretched beyond its elastic limit and it deformedResults anddiscussionComparison of reaction forces.Axial stretch (mm)1401201008060402000 5 10 15 20 25Axial reaction force (N)FEA 1EXPT 1FEA 2EXPT 2FEA 3EXPT 3EXPT 3(2)Figure 1 Comparison of reaction forces.ICAR Technical Series - No 7265