Design of Fiber Winding for Thick-Walled Cylinder with Uniform Residual Tension

Fiber winding with metal cylinders as liners is the primary method used for producing high-speed rotors, flywheels, and pressure vessels. A design model was established for thick-walled cylindrical fiber winding by using the layer-by-layer stacking method of thin composite material rings in this article. The effect of liner structure and fiber type on prestress was analyzed. And the phenomenon of tension loss in no-twist fibers was studied. The winding tension of each layer was calculated accurately under the condition of uniform residual tension, which was the optimal process in engineering. Compared with the experimental results, the computational error of the model does not exceed 5%. The winding model developed in this article, which takes into account tension loss, can more accurately guide the design of winding tensions for thick-walled cylinders.