TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg A1 - Spode, Manfred A1 - Wang, Bin T1 - Monte Carlo simulation and evaluation of burst strength of pressure vessels JF - Materials Testing N2 - The simulation of strength experiments by the Monte-Carlo method enables the numerical generation of data representing a complete populations of composite pressure vessels. In the case of composite pressure vessels used for hydrogen storage, properties like burst strength or fatigue cycle strength are of interest. This paper provides comprehensive information on how populations are generated and how samples can be taken and evaluated; it also explains how to determine the acceptance rate of random samples from simulated populations for passing the approval test "minimum burst pressure". A word of caution is also expressed regarding the evaluation of acceptance rates from a small sample. KW - Monte-Carlo simulation KW - Polar method KW - Composite cylinder KW - Burst strength KW - Acceptance rate PY - 2019 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 61 IS - 12 SP - 1152 EP - 1156 PB - Carl Hanser Verlag CY - München AN - OPUS4-49870 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -