Pressure-resistant hull for a submersible and design method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11727165-B2
Application number	US-202117996241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2021
Priority date	Aug 28, 2020
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

A pressure-resistant hull for a submersible, includes unit hulls, reinforcing ribs, connecting channels, and closure heads. A plurality of unit hulls are provided, and are sequentially strung together spiralling upward or spiralling downward, the closure heads being arranged on the unit hulls at the first position and the last position respectively, an observation window being provided on each unit hull respectively, adjacent two unit hulls in a horizontal direction being respectively connected by means of a reinforcing rib, and at least two connecting channels being provided between adjacent two rings of the unit hulls in the vertical direction. The design method includes using a spiral joining structure to facilitate organic adjustment of the number of unit hulls, thus having better utilization of space and aiding to greatly expand the space. The sensitivity of the limit load to defects is low, increasing axial rigidity, improving the overall pressure-resistive ability.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure-resistant hull for a submersible, wherein the pressure-resistant hull comprises;
unit hulls;
reinforcing ribs;
connecting channels; and
closure heads;
a plurality of the unit hulls arranged, and sequentially strung together spiralling upward or spiralling downward;
the closure heads arranged on the unit hulls at a first position and a last position respectively;
each unit hull provided with an observation window respectively;
each adjacent two unit hulls in a horizontal direction connected to each other by means of one of the reinforcing ribs; and
at least two of the connecting channels arranged between each adjacent two turns of the unit hulls in a vertical direction.

2. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , wherein the unit hulls are in a hollow spherical hull-shaped structure, and an outer surface of the hollow spherical hull-shaped structure is provided with two connecting tangent planes arranged opposite to each other.

3. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , wherein two of the connecting channels are arranged between each adjacent two turns of the unit hulls, and are respectively arranged at an initial position and a middle position in a spiralling direction between the adjacent two turns of the unit hulls.

4. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 3 , wherein two unit hulls at first positions of the each two adjacent turns of the unit hulls are connected to each other through one of the connecting channels, and two unit hulls at middle positions are connected to each other through another one of the connecting channels.

5. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , wherein a number of turns of a spiral arrangement of the unit hulls is at least three.

6. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing ribs are in an annular structure.

7. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the unit hulls is Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic.

8. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the unit hulls is ultra-high-strength steel.

9. The pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 8 , wherein a strength of the unit hulls is greater than 1000 MPa.

10. A method for designing the pressure-resistant hull for the submersible according to claim 1 , comprising following steps:
Step one, setting parameters for an equivalent annular hull:
the parameters for the equivalent annular hull include a rotation radius R, an annulus-section radius r, a working pressure P s , an elastic modulus E and a Poisson's ratio μ;
Step two, calculating a thickness t of the pressure-resistant hull according to a jordan formula (P Jo ), a calculation formula of which is as follows:

P
Jo

=

0
.
1

⁢
7
⁢
3
⁢
8
⁢
E
⁢

{

(

t
/
r

)

7

(

R
/
r

)

2

⁢

(

1
-

μ
2

)

2

}

1
/
3

;

Step three, taking the unit hulls as spherical hulls, and setting parameters for the unit hulls:
wherein the set parameters for the unit hulls include an elastic modulus E 1 , a Poisson's ratio μ 1 , a thickness t 1 of the spherical hulls, and a radius r 1 of the spherical hulls, where E 1 =E, μ 1 =μ, t 1 =t, and r1=r;
Step four, designing parameters for the reinforcing ribs:
wherein the parameters for the reinforcing ribs include a radius R 1 of a spiral-line, and a pitch B of the spiral line, where R 1 =R, and B>2r;
Step five, calculating a rotation angle θ according to a spiral line equation;
Step six, calculating a number n of unit hulls per turn according to the rotation angle θ mentioned in Step five, a calculation formula of which is:

n
=

360
⁢
°

θ

;

Step seven, calculating an external diameter D r and an inner diameter d r of the reinforcing ribs, a calculation formula of which is:
D r =2( r 1 +t 1 ) sin α,

d r =D r −2 t r , and

where an intersecting angle is α, 30°≤α≤70°, and a thickness of the annular reinforcing ribs is t r ; and
Step eight, calculating a width L r of the reinforcing ribs,
through a radial displacement formula of an entire spherical hull under a hydrostatic pressure (δ s ):

δ
s

=

P
s

⁢

r
1
2

⁢
sin
⁢

α
⁡
(

1
-
μ

)

2
⁢
E
⁢

Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu Science & Tech

Inventors

• Zhang Jian
• Wang Rui
• Di Chenyang
• Tang Wenxian
• Wang Xin
• Yin Baoji
• Su Shijie
• Zhu Yongmei

Classifications

• G06F30/15 Primary

  Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design · CPC title

• G06F2119/14

  Force analysis or force optimisation, e.g. static or dynamic forces · CPC title

• G06F30/17

  Mechanical parametric or variational design · CPC title

• G06F30/20

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• G06F2113/28

  Fuselage, exterior or interior · CPC title