Holistic criteria-based optimization of filament wound high pressure vessels

Abstract For dimensioning of wound fiber reinforced high pressure vessels the design engineer has to consider various requirements. Since in addition to the strength requirements, in particular the manufacturing constraints must be taken into account. In order to support the design engineer in the complex dimensioning process of such high-pressure vessels a holistic design strategy was developed on the basis of an ant colony optimization algorithm. The aim was to do this winding-optimization without costly dedicated software and instead develop basic design criteria. For this it was necessary in both carry out a holistic comparative quality evaluation of different solutions as well as providing a customizable objective function.