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Fatigue Life Improvement of DOT-CFFC Composite Cylinders

Dec 1, 2015

The main purpose of this research work was to addresses the efficacy of a re-Autofrettage process of the cylinder for improving the fatigue performance of past service life DOT-CFFC composite overwrapped Type III pressure cylinders. Previous research has found that hard water exposure...