Static and Modal Analysis of Laminated Composite Hydraulic Cylinder

Hydraulic and pneumatic system equipments are the important components of engineering applications. Hydraulic cylinders are one of the most common components of the hydraulic systems used in many engineering applications like; automatic manufacturing and montage lines, heavy construction equipments, control systems, sensitive measurement and test systems. They are used for producing linear motion in the hydraulic systems and they convert hydraulic energy to mechanical energy. Many machines and machine mechanisms run under static and dynamic working conditions. The vibrations produced under static and dynamic conditions affect many important design parameters such as strength, production costs, productivity. In this paper, the dynamic and static analysis of a composite hydraulic cylinder subjected to pressure by varying fibre orientation and different boundary conditions is determined. The finite element methods used in the analysis are applied by using analysis software ANSYS.