Strength Analysis of Energy Storage Flywheel Wrapped with Composite Material

Abstract:

The technology of flywheel energy storage is already widely used in motorcar, electric power systems, spaceflight and martial fields. Decreasing the weight, increasing rotating speed and strength of the flywheel rotor and improving the energy storage efficiency of the flywheel are always attention-getting. In this paper, the flywheel energy storage wrapped with composite material by interference fit to hub is designed and finite element analysis is done to obtain the stress distribution of it before being produced. The maximum and variety of stress are studied and the influence of composite material wrapped on flywheel rotating at a high speed is discussed. Then the action of composite material preload to the flywheel is thought about. The results of this analysis can prepare a valuable guide for flywheel energy storage at design and manufacture stage.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 577-578)
• Pages: 105-108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.577-578.105
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Hong Li, Yi Meng Pang, Fang Fang Xu, Li Li
• Keywords: Composite Material, Flywheel Energy Storage, High Rotational Speed, Strength, Stress

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