Description
This topic field focuses on manufacturing technologies, materials, simulation, and characterization methods for pressure vessels, tanks, and conduits, such as pipes and flowlines, as well as the associated equipment. It covers composite structures used for the storage and transport of gaseous or liquid media under application-specific pressure levels and operating temperatures.

Typical application areas include hydrogen applications, compressed-gas applications for space, CNG and LPG tanks, chemical and industrial process vessels, offshore flowlines, and pipeline systems for oil, gas, water, or corrosive media.

Key Areas and Objectives

• Optimization of manufacturing processes with respect to cycle time, reproducibility, automation, and process monitoring
• Development of innovative manufacturing, design, and material concepts for composite pressure vessels, tanks, and conduit systems
• Reduction of weight and cost while maintaining structural performance, safety, and reliability
• Improvement of material and structural performance under application-specific pressure levels and operating temperatures
• Advancement of simulation, testing, and characterization methods for design validation, quality assurance, and lifetime assessment

Topic Lead
Cagla Sipahi, M.Sc.;