TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Becker, Ben A1 - John, Sebastian A1 - Duffner, Eric T1 - Composite storage systems for compressed hydrogen - systematic improvement of regulations for more attractive storage units N2 - Hydrogen is an attractive energy carrier that requires high effort for safe storage. For ensuring safety, they must undergo a challenging approval process. Relevant standards and regulations for composite cylinders used for the transport of hydrogen and for its onboard storage are currently based on deterministic (e.g. ISO 11119-3) or semi-probabilistic (UN GTR No. 13) criteria. This paper analysis the properties of such methods with respect to the evaluation of load cycle strength. Their characteristics are compared with the probabilistic approach of the BAM. Based on Monte-Carlo simulations, the available design range (mean value and scatter of strength criteria) of current concepts was exemplarily estimated. The aspect of small sample sizes is analysed and discussed with respect to the evaluation procedures. KW - Probabilistic KW - Monte-Carlo KW - Regulations KW - Composite cylinder KW - Hydrogen vehicles KW - Transport of dangerous goods PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.068 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 45 IS - 25 SP - 13672 EP - 13679 PB - Elsevier Ltd AN - OPUS4-46856 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Becker, B. A1 - Gesell, Stephan A1 - Wang, Bin T1 - Monte-Carlo-analysis of minimum load cycle requirements for composite cylinders for hydrogen N2 - Hydrogen is an attractive energy carrier that requires high effort for safe storage. For ensuring safety, storage cylinders must undergo a challenging approval process. Relevant standards and regulations for composite cylinders used for the transport of hydrogen and for its onboard storage are currently based on deterministic (e.g. ISO 11119-3) or to some respect semi-probabilistic criteria (UN GTR No. 13; with respect to burst strength). This paper provides a systematic analysis of the load cycle properties resulting from these regulations and standards. Their characteristics are compared with the probabilistic approach of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM. The most important aspect of comparing different concepts is the rate for accepting designs with potentially unsafe or critical safety properties. This acceptance rate is analysed by operating Monte-Carlo simulations over the available range of production properties. T2 - ICHS 2017 CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 11.09.2017 KW - Safety assessment KW - Failure rate KW - Ageing KW - Degradation KW - End of life KW - Production scatter PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.09.185 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 44 IS - 17 SP - 8833 EP - 8841 PB - Elsevier Ltd AN - OPUS4-46341 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - John, Sebastian A1 - Eisermann, René A1 - Mair, Georg W. T1 - Application of an experimental modal analysis on composite pressure vessels for monitoring prestress conditions N2 - Due to high specific stiffness, fibre reinforced plastics are the dominant material group for the design of mobile pressure vessels. At the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM) aging process of composite pressure vessels is studied to be able to give more accurate lifetime predictions in future. Investigations are based on type III breathing air cylinders consisting of an aluminium tank which is fully wrapped with carbon fibre reinforced plastics. Goal is to detect changes of residual stresses over life time which directly affect fatigue strength. Within this paper an approach is presented to monitor residual stresses via an experimental modal analysis (EMA). First, the influence of changed stress conditions on modal parameters is analysed via a numerical study. Secondly, a test bench for an EMA is set up. To be able to analyse cylinders of different prestress condition, several specimens are prestress modified via high-temperature and high-pressure treatment. During modification processes, specimens are monitored via optical fibres to control prestress modifications. Through experimental measurements of the modified specimens via EMA changes in prestressing can be detected. Finally, validity and accuracy of the EMA is evaluated critically by comparing all numerically and experimentally obtained data. T2 - INTERNOISE 2018 CY - Chicago, Illinois, USA DA - 25.08.2018 KW - Modal analysis KW - Residual stress KW - Composite KW - Pressure vessel PY - 2018 SN - 978-0-7918-5142-5 SP - 6143, 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-46329 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wang, Bin A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Islam, F. T1 - Evaluation methods for estimation of Weibull parameters used in Monte Carlo simulations for safety analysis of pressure vessels N2 - The test data for static burst strength and load cycle fatigue strength of pressure vessels can often be well described by Gaussian normal or Weibull distribution functions. There are various approaches which can be used to determine the parameters of the Weibull distribution function; however, the performance of these methods is uncertain. In this study, six methods are evaluated by using the criterion of OSL (observed significance level) from Anderson-Darling (AD) goodness of Fit (GoF), These are: a) the norm-log based method, b) least squares regression, c) weighted least squares regression, d) a linear approach based on good linear unbiased estimators, e) maximum likelihood estimation and f) method of moments estimation. In addition, various approaches of ranking function are considered. The results show that there are no outperforming methods which can be identified clearly, primarily due to the limitation of the small sample size of the test data used for Weibull analysis. This randomness resulting from the sampling is further investigated by using Monte Carlo simulations, concluding that the sample size of the experimental data is more crucial than the exact method used to derive Weibull parameters. Finally, a recommendation is made to consider the uncertainties of the limitations due to the small size for pressure vessel testing and also for general material testing. KW - Safety assessment KW - Weibull distribution parameters KW - Randomness KW - Sample size KW - Monte Carlo simulation PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2020-0058 VL - 63 IS - 4 SP - 279 EP - 385 PB - De Gruyter AN - OPUS4-53105 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Becker, B. A1 - John, Sebastian A1 - Duffner, Eric T1 - Composite storage systems for compressed hydrogen - systematic improvement of regulations for more attractive storage units N2 - Hydrogen is an attractive energy carrier that requires high effort for safe storage. Forensuring safety, they must undergo a challenging approval process. Relevant standardsand regulations for composite cylinders used for the transport of hydrogen and for its on-board storage are currently based on deterministic (e.g. ISO 11119-3) or semi-probabilistic(UN GTR No. 13) criteria. This paper analysis the properties of such methods withrespect to the evaluation of load cycle strength. Their characteristics are compared withthe probabilistic approach of the BAM. Based on Monte-Carlo simulations, the availabledesign range (mean value and scatter of strength criteria) of current concepts was exem-plarily estimated. The aspect of small sample sizes is analysed and discussed with respectto the evaluation procedures. KW - Probabilistic KW - Monte-Carlo KW - Regulations KW - Composite cylinder KW - Hydrogen vehicles KW - Transport of dangerous goods PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.068 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 45 IS - 25 SP - 13672 EP - 13679 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-50687 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Popiela, Bartosz A1 - Günzel, Stephan A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Seidlitz, Holger T1 - Impact of internal pressure control during manufacturing on residual stresses and safety performance of type 4 pressure vessels N2 - Composite pressure vessels are commonly manufactured using the wet filament winding process, where various process parameters can influence the performance of the finished component. In this study two designs of wet filament wound 6.8-liter type 4 composite pressure vessels were manufactured. Both differ only by the internal pressure used during the filament winding, which primarily influences the residual stress state in the composite structure. An extensive experimental study was carried out, including 10 slow burst tests and strain measurements with fiber optic sensors. Significant differences can be observed in the performance of the two designs even though the used stacking sequence, materials and other manufacturing parameters are the same for both designs. A discussion of the differences in the behavior of both cylinder types is provided, including the strain distribution in slow burst tests and failure mechanism. KW - Residual stresses KW - Slow burst tests KW - Filament winding KW - Type 4 composite pressure vessels KW - Hydrogen PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-626663 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2025.100581 SN - 2666-6820 VL - 17 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands AN - OPUS4-62666 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chou, H.Y. A1 - Bunsell, A.R. A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Thionnet, A. T1 - Effect of the loading rate on ultimate strength of composites. Application: Pressure vessel slow burst test N2 - The strength of unidirectional elastic fibre composites is shown to depend on the loading rate as the viscoelastic nature of the matrix results in a fall in breaking load as the rate is reduced. The simulation of the accumulation of fibre breaks leading to failure, takes into account all physical phenomena involved fibre failure, including the stochastic nature of fibre strength, stress transfer through the matrix between reinforcements, interfacial debonding and the viscoelastic nature of the matrix. The kinetics of composite failure are seen to involve the initial formation of random fibre breaks which at higher loads coalesce into clusters of broken fibres. The rate at which this occurs depends on the viscoelastic properties of the matrix. These results have been shown to closely mirror the behaviour of carbon fibre composite pressure vessels. KW - Fibre break KW - Pressure vessels KW - Speed effect KW - Micromechanics PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2013.04.003 SN - 0263-8223 VL - 104 SP - 144 EP - 153 PB - Applied Science Publ. CY - London AN - OPUS4-28558 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Scherer, Florian T1 - Statistic evaluation of sample test results to determine residual strength of composite gas cylinders N2 - Hydraulic pressure testing of composite gas cylinders damages the cylinders, but provides very limited information. For this reason, the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM) demands the assessment of the safety of design types for retest periods of more than three years by employing destructive testing of small samples. This gives insight in properties not quantified by current standards. Depending on the cycle fatigue behaviour of the individual design type either cycle tests or slow burst tests are employed. In this paper methods are introduced for a statistical assessment of sample results of both test methods. This includes gathering the average and load cycle burst strength, and the scatter of a sample as well as analysing and plotting them as a pair of values. Each pair of values representing a sample can be assessed approximately regarding its survival rate in service, if the introduced performance charts are employed. N2 - Die hydraulische Innendruckprüfung von Composite-Druckgefäßen schädigt die Prüfmuster, liefert aber nur wenig Erkenntnis. Deshalb werden von der BAM zur Eignungsfeststellung für Prüffristen von mehr als 3 Jahren Eigenschaften abgefragt, die nach aktuellen Normen nicht zu quantifizieren sind: Die Abschätzung der Zuverlässigkeit eines Baumusters auf der Basis von kleinen Stichproben. Hierbei kommt abhängig von der Lastwechselempfindlichkeit entweder die Lastwechselprüfung oder die langsame Berstprüfung zum Einsatz. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird für beide dieser zerstörenden Prüfverfahren das jeweils passende Verfahren zur statistischen Auswertung der Ergebnisse von kleinen Stichproben dargestellt. Hierzu werden die mittleren Berst- bzw. Lastwechselfestigkeiten und die Streuung der Stichprobe erfasst, analysiert und als Wertepaar dargestellt. In Verbindung mit den verwendeten Arbeitsdiagrammen lässt sich dann jedes Wertepaar einer Stichprobe unmittelbar bzgl. seiner Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit grob beurteilen. KW - Composite cylinders KW - Hydraulic cycle testing KW - Slow burst test KW - Residual strength KW - Sample testing KW - Probabilistic assessment KW - Cycle fatigue sensitive PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/120.110494 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 55 IS - 10 SP - 728 EP - 736 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-28908 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Hoffmann, Martin A1 - Scherer, Florian A1 - Schoppa, André A1 - Szczepaniak, Mariusz T1 - Slow burst testing of samples as a method for quantification of composite cylinder degradation N2 - The current practise to focus periodic retesting of composite cylinders primarily on the hydraulic pressure test has to be evaluated as critical. The test itself always causes a certain amount of micro damage to the cylinders but does not necessarily deliver sufficient and evaluable information. Thus BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (Germany) moves the focal point to a new approach for validation of composite cylinders, based on destructive sample tests parallel to operation. Statistical assessment of results of these destructive tests is employed for the estimation of remaining safe service life, based on reliability demands. The estimated service life is also used for the determination of re-test periods of the examined population of composite cylinders. An essential aspect of this approach is the validation of current residual strength and its prediction at any point of service life. In cases of gas cylinders with very high cycle strength, residual strength cannot be quantified statistically by means of hydraulic load cycles. As a replacement, creep tests or burst tests may be employed. BAM suggests the 'slow burst test SBT' as a combination of these two test procedures. This is a compromise between the practicability of the (conventional) burst test and the practical relevance of sustained loads during service, to be tested in creep rupture tests. In this paper, a variety of 99 burst results of a cylinder design type used for breathing apparatus (CFRP with PE-liner) is evaluated. The influence of test procedure parameters and nature and intensity of artificial ageing on the test sample strength are analysed statistically. This leads to an evaluation of different procedures of artificial ageing and the recommendation to substitute conventional burst tests by slow burst tests for the assessment of composite pressure receptacles. KW - Slow burst test KW - Sample testing KW - Residual strength KW - Scatter KW - Mean value KW - Degradation KW - Pressure rate PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.04.016 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 39 IS - 35 SP - 20522 EP - 20530 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-30732 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Scherer, Florian A1 - Hoffmann, Martin T1 - Type approval of composite gas cylinders - Probabilistic analysis of standards' requirements concerning minimum burst pressure N2 - Gas cylinders made from composite materials receive growing popularity in applications where light weight is of advantage. At the same time manufacturers are interested in cutting cost and weight through material reduction for better acceptance of a product, e.g. H2-vehicles. This requires a better understanding of safety relevant properties. The safety determination of current standards is mainly based on the minimum burst pressure of a few specimens. Various research projects were conducted aiming at reducing minimum burst pressure requirements without compromising safety. No satisfying results were found. While looking at reliability aspects it could be concluded, that the minimum burst pressure of unused specimens is not a satisfying criterion for safety during service life. This paper introduces first ideas for a method to determine one aspect of reliability of composite gas cylinders, employing probabilistic analysis of burst pressures of a sample of specimens. This can create potential for saving material cost while granting a higher safety level than the current method. Additionally, degradation over service time can be assessed. KW - Probabilistic approach KW - Regulations KW - Artificial aging KW - Slow burst test KW - Survival rate KW - Degradation trace KW - Isoasfalen PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.161 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 40 IS - 15 SP - 5359 EP - 5366 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-32697 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Scholz, Irene A1 - Schönfelder, Thorsten T1 - The residual strength of breathing air composite cylinders toward the end of their service life - a first assessment of a real-life sample N2 - Applications by fire brigades expose the composite cylinders to harsh temperature and handling conditions. Standards have been used for certifying composite cylinders, which are designed for transport of dangerous goods and do not reflect service conditions specific to fire brigades. In this paper, the residual safety of a design type (fully wrapped with aluminum and carbon fiber composite) at the end of their service life of 15 yrs is analyzed. One sample underwent hydraulic load cycle (LC) tests, another conventional burst tests, and the third slow burst tests (SBTs). The statistical evaluation and the handling of an unexpected high amount of early failures are shown. KW - Composite cylinders KW - End of life KW - Slow burst test KW - Residual strength KW - Sample testing KW - Probabilistic KW - Distribution function PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4033878 SN - 0094-9930 SN - 1528-8978 VL - 138 IS - 6 SP - PVT-15-1030, 1 EP - 9 PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-33157 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Becker, Ben A1 - Duffner, Eric A1 - Gregor, Christian A1 - Saul, Herbert A1 - Schoppa, André T1 - Composite gas cylinders - probabilistic analysis of minimum load cycle requirements N2 - Composite materials show a degradation of properties depending on Service life. This creates the necessity to find tailored methods to determine strength and residual strength of composite cylinders. The determination can be done e.g. by load cycles tests. The result needs a Statistical assessment for the precise description of strength. Especially the Statistical assessment of load cycle strength properties has a high uncertainty. It is unclear if a Log-Normal distribution, a WEIBULL distribution or others, describe the scatter behaviour of residual strength properties correctly. Distribution functions aim at approximating the frequency of occurrence of residual load cycle strength for high survival rates. An assumption has to be found and confirmed to prevent overestimation of reliability. T2 - ICHS2015 - 6th International conference on hydrogen safety CY - Yokohama, Japan DA - 19.10.2015 KW - Failure rate KW - Confidence level KW - Scatter KW - StorHy KW - Sample performance chart PY - 2015 SN - 978-2-9601366-1-6 SP - 1 EP - 14 AN - OPUS4-34804 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Becker, Ben A1 - Scholz, Irene T1 - Assessment of the type of statistical distribution concerning strength properties of composite cylinders N2 - Composite materials show a degradation of properties depending on service life. This creates the necessity to find tailored methods to determine strength and residual strength of composite cylinders. The determination can be done e.g. by load cycles tests. The result needs a statistical assessment for the precise description of strength. Especially the statistical assessment of load cycle strength properties has a high uncertainty. It is unclear if a Log-Normal distribution, a WEIBULL distribution or others, describe the scatter behaviour of residual strength properties correctly. Distribution functions aim at approximating the frequency of occurrence of residual load cycle strength for high survival rates. An assumption has to be found and confirmed to prevent over-estimation of reliability. T2 - ICCM20 - 20th International conference on composite materials CY - Copenhagen, Denmark DA - 19.07.2015 KW - Composite cylinder KW - Load cycle test KW - Statistical assessment KW - Distribution function PY - 2015 SN - 978-1629931999 SP - P-ID 2217-2/Track 4-04, 1-11 AN - OPUS4-33792 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Miguel, N. A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Acosta, B. A1 - Szczepaniak, Mariusz A1 - Moretto, P. T1 - Hydraulic and pneumatic pressure cycle life test results on composite reinforced tanks for hydrogen storage N2 - Current standards governing the design, qualification and in-service inspection of carbon fibre composite cylinders do not facilitate to optimise cylinder design. The requirements have been adapted from standards for metallic cylinders and cannot easily quantify the degradation processes in composite materials. In this article, the results of hydraulic and hydrogen pressure cycle life tests performed on composite reinforced tanks with a metal liner (type 3) and with a high density polymer liner (type 4) are shown. Moreover, the degradation measured by means of residual strength of the tanks after the cycling tests have been compared. It has been found that the most critical aging for metal based composite cylinder is the gaseous cycling while type 4 designs seem to be more sensitive to hydraulic cycling at high temperature. T2 - ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference CY - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada DA - 17.07.2016 KW - Composite reinforced tanks KW - Compressed hydrogen storage KW - Design and qualification standards KW - Pressure cycle life tests KW - Safety factors PY - 2016 SN - 978-0-7918-5035-0 VL - 1A SP - 63568-1 EP - 63568-10 PB - ASME CY - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada AN - OPUS4-36275 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Hoffmann, Martin T1 - Assessment of the residual strength thresholds of composite pressure receptacles - Criteria for hydraulic load cycle testing N2 - Die aktuelle Praxis, die wiederkehrende Prüfung von Druckgefäßen aus Verbundwerkstoffen primär auf die hydraulische Innendruckprüfung zu begründen, ist kritisch sowohl bzgl. der Mikro-Schädigung der Prüfmuster als auch bzgl. ihrer Aussagekraft zu bewerten. Deshalb kommt durch die Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung BAM bei der Zulassung von Prüffristen für Composite-Druckgefäße von mehr als 5 Jahren zur Absicherung ein neuer Validierungsansatz zur Anwendung. Er ermöglicht eine Zustandsbeschreibung der Gesamtheit eines Baumusters auf der Basis wiederholt betriebsbegleitend zerstörender Prüfungen. Mit Bezug auf diesen Ansatz wird erläutert, wie die statistische Auswertung von Stichproben und deren perspektivische Extrapolation zur Vorhersage des Endes der Lebensdauer bzw. zumindest des Zeitpunkts der nächsten wiederholten Prüfung erfolgen können. Ferner wird erläutert, wie Zuverlässigkeitsgrenzwerte von der Größe von Druckgefäßen abhängig gemacht werden können und welchen Einfluss der reale Gasdruck auf die Sicherheitsbewertung im Rahmen des Ansatzes der BAM hat. Es wird insbesondere in das zentrale Arbeitsdiagramm des vorgenannten Ansatzes, das für Sicherheitsbewertungen wesentlich ist, eingeführt und erläutert, wie dieses verwendet werden kann. Hierzu wird auch ausgeführt, wie die Füllzyklenzahl und die Lastwechselfestigkeit über die neu eingeführte Größe der spezifischen Füllempfindlichkeit zusammenhängen. N2 - The current practice of periodic retesting of composite pressure receptacles primarily based on the hydraulic pressure test has to be evaluated as critical. This is justified by micro damages caused to the specimen by the test itself and by a lack of informative values. Thus, BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing uses a new validation approach in the case of retest periods of more than 5 years. It enables the description of the condition of a specific design type series based on destructive tests parallel to operation. With respect to this approach it is explained how the statistical evaluation of sample tests and their extrapolation to end of life or at least to the time of next retesting can be achieved. In addition, it is explained how the reliability limits may be linked to the size and pressure level of the respective composite pressure receptacle. The frame of this safety Approach includes the influence of the maximum working pressure on the safety assessment. One topic of this approach is the introduction of the working diagram essential for safety assessments that allows graphical evaluation of load cycle strength by mean value, scatter and survival rate of samples as well as instruction how to use it. For this, it is explained how the number of filling cycles and the reduction of the respective hydraulic residual cycle strength interacts with the newly introduced value of specific filling sensitivity. KW - Composite cylinders KW - Hydraulic cycle testing KW - Residual strength KW - Sample testing KW - Probabilis-tic PY - 2013 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 55 IS - 2 SP - 121 EP - 129 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-27645 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becker, Ben A1 - Mair, Georg W. T1 - Risks and safety level of composite cylinders N2 - The increasing amount of composite transport systems for hydrogen leads to new and therefore unknown potential hazards for general public. Due to lack of experience, risks of new technologies tend to be rated higher than existing familiar applications. An approach for probabilistic safety assessment of technologies or products requires the definition of minimal acceptable reliability levels. This ensures that the probability of a critical failure with a certain consequence is limited to an acceptable risk. But what is the acceptable risk and which risk results from specific probabilities of occurrence and consequences? This is always a very complex question. The following example is based on a probabilistic approach for safety assessment of composite cylinders developed at the BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing). KW - Reliability KW - Cylinder KW - Safety KW - Consequence PY - 2017 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319917303117 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.145 SN - 0360-3199 SN - 1879-3487 VL - 42 IS - 19 SP - 13810 EP - 13817 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-40691 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Hoffmann, Martin T1 - Regulations and research on RC&S for hydrogen storage relevant to transport and vehicle issues with special focus on composite containments N2 - Developers interested in high pressure storage of hydrogen for mobile use increasingly rely on composite cylinders for onboard storage or transport of dangerous goods. Thus, composite materials and systems deserve special consideration. History gives interesting background information important to the understanding of the current situation as to regulations, codes and standards. Based on this review, origins of different regulations for the storage of hydrogen as dangerous good and as propellant for vehicles will be examined. Both categories started out using steel and sometimes aluminium as cylinder material. With composite materials becoming more common, a new problem emerged: vital input for regulations on composite pressure systems was initially derived from decades of experience with steel cylinders. As a result, both regulatory fields suffer somewhat from this common basis. Only recent developments regarding requirements for composite cylinders have begun to go more and more separate ways. Thus these differences lead to some shortcomings in regulation with respect to composite storage systems. In principle, in spite of separate development, these deficits are in both applications very much the same: there are uncertainties in the prediction of safe service life, in retesting procedures of composite cylinders and in their intervals. Hence, different aspects of uncertainties and relevant approaches to solutions will be explained. KW - Regulations KW - Hydrogen storage KW - Composite cylinders KW - Safety KW - Slow burst test KW - Cycle fatigue sensitivity PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.08.141 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 39 IS - 11 SP - 6132 EP - 6145 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-29218 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Hoffmann, Martin A1 - Schönfelder, Thorsten ED - Carcassi, M.N. T1 - The slow burst testing of composite cylinders - Part I: Slow burst testing of samples as a method for quantification of cylinder degradation N2 - The current practise of focusing the periodic retesting of composite cylinders primarily on the hydraulic pressure test has to be evaluated as critical - with regard to the damage of the specimen as well as in Terms of their significance. This is justified by micro damages caused to the specimen by the test itself and by a lack of informative values. Thus BAM Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (Germany) uses a new approach of validation of composite for the determination of re-test periods. It enables the description of the state of a population of composite cylinders based on destructive tests parallel to operation. An essential aspect of this approach is the prediction of residual safe service life. In cases where it cannot be estimated by means of hydraulic load cycle tests, as a replacement the creep or burst test remains. As a combination of these two test procedures BAM suggests the 'slow burst test SBT'. On this a variety of about 150 burst test results on three design types of cylinders with plastic liners are presented. For this purpose both, the parameters of the test protocol as well as the nature and intensity of the pre-damage artificially aged test samples are analysed statistically. This leads first to an evaluation of the different types of artificial ageing but also to the clear recommendation that conventional burst tests be substituted totally if indented for assessment of composite pressure receptacles. T2 - ICHS2013 - 5th International conference on hydrogen safety CY - Brussels, Belgium DA - 09.09.2013 KW - Residual strength KW - CFRP KW - Gas storage KW - Reliability KW - Sample testing PY - 2013 SN - 978-2-9601366-0-9 SP - 1 EP - 12 AN - OPUS4-29260 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Scherer, Florian ED - Carcassi, M.N. T1 - The slow burst testing of composite cylinders - Part II: Statistic evaluation of sample test results T2 - ICHS2013 - 5th International conference on hydrogen safety CY - Brussels, Belgium DA - 2013-09-09 KW - Residual strength KW - CFRP KW - Gas storage KW - Reliability KW - Sample testing PY - 2013 SN - 978-2-9601366-0-9 SP - 12 EP - 20 AN - OPUS4-29261 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mair, Georg W. A1 - Becker, Ben A1 - Duffner, Eric A1 - Saul, Herbert A1 - Schoppa, André T1 - Composite gas cylinders - Probabilistic analysis of minimum load cycle requirements N2 - Gas cylinders made of composite materials receive growing popularity in light-weight applications. Current standards are mostly based on safety determination relying on minimum amounts of endured load cycles and a minimum burst pressure of a small number of specimens. This paper investigates the possibilities of a probabilistic strength assessment for safety improvements as well as cost and weight savings. The probabilistic assessment is based on destructive testing of small sized samples. The influence of sample size on uncertainty of the assessment is analysed. Furthermore, methods for the assessment of in-service ageing (degradation) are discussed and displayed in performance charts. KW - Cycle strength KW - Degradation KW - End of life KW - Lucky punch area KW - Slow burst test KW - Statistical assessment PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.067 SN - 0360-3199 SN - 1879-3487 VL - 42 IS - 11 SP - 7474 EP - 7484 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-38949 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -