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The results show that residual stresses from manufacturing achieve values near 50% of the composite ply transverse strength, which reduces the effective ply transverse load carrying capacity for pressure loading. Transverse damage is triggered and propagated across the vessel thickness before fiber breakage, indicating potential failure by leakage, which was confirmed by hydrostatic tests in the physical prototype at 26 bar. The cryogenic condition analysis revealed that the thermal stresses trigger transverse damage before pressure loading, reducing the estimated leak pressure by 40%. 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