Pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell and design method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024116612-A1
Application number	US-202218276451-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 18, 2022
Priority date	Nov 16, 2021
Publication date	Apr 11, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistance shell and a design method therefor. The shell comprises a conical shell, an annular combined shell, a cylindrical shell, a flange bolt, and a perforated thick plate; a bottom end of the conical shell is connected with a top end of the annular combined shell, the conical shell being in communication with an interior part of the annular combined shell; the perforated thick plate blocks the bottom end of the annular combined shell, the perforated thick plate and the annular combined shell being connected by means of multiple flange bolts; the cylindrical shell is disposed inside the annular combined shell, a lower end of the cylindrical shell being inserted in a gap between the annular combined shell and the perforated thick plate.

First claim

1 . A pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell, comprising a conical shell, an annular combined shell, a cylindrical shell, a flange bolt, and a perforated thick plate; wherein a bottom end of the conical shell is connected with a top end of the annular combined shell, an interior part of the conical shell is in communication with an interior part of the annular combined shell; the perforated thick plate blocks a bottom end of the annular combined shell, the perforated thick plate and the annular combined shell are connected by means of multiple flange bolts; the cylindrical shell is disposed inside the annular combined shell, a lower end of the cylindrical shell is inserted in a gap between the annular combined shell and the perforated thick plate, and an upper end of the cylindrical shell and the lower end of the cylindrical shell are respectively connected to an inner peripheral surface of the annular combined shell.

2 . The pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell according to claim 1 , wherein the annular combined shell includes a first annular shell, a second annular shell and a third annular shell connected from an upper end of the annular combined shell to a lower end of the annular combined shell in sequence, and the first annular shell, the second annular shell and the third annular shell are internally connected, an upper end of the first annular shell is connected to the conical shell, a bottom end of the third annular shell is connected to the perforated thick plate, the cylindrical shell is arranged inside the third annular shell.

3 . The pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell according to claim 2 , wherein an outside peripheral surface of the cylindrical shell is provided with at least two channels, such that the first annular shell, the second annular shell and the third annular shell are interconnected with each other.

4 . The pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell according to claim 2 , wherein outer shell surfaces of the first annular shell, the second annular shell and the third annular shell are all circular arc surfaces, with outer diameters of the first annular shell, the second annular shell and the third annular shell increasing in sequence, and centers of circular cross-sections of the circular arc surfaces of the first annular shell, the second annular shell and the third annular shell are all located on an extension line of an outer profile of the conical shell.

5 . The pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell according to claim 2 , wherein the conical shell, the first annular shell, the second annular shell and the third annular shell are sequentially welded and fixed into a whole.

6 . The pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell according to claim 1 , wherein the flange bolt includes a bolt, a first flange, a sealing ring, a second flange, a washer and a nut, the first flange is fixed to a bottom surface of the annular combined shell, the second flange is fixed to a bottom surface of the perforated thick plate, the bolt is threaded and arranged in the first flange and the second flange in sequence, such that the first flange and the second flange are in securely threaded-connection with each other through the nut, the sealing ring is arranged between a connection surface of the first flange and the second flange, and the washer is arranged between a contact surface of the nut and the second flange.

7 . A method of designing the pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell according to claim 2 , comprising following steps:
Step 1, given that a height of an isosceles triangle inside the pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistant shell is H, then:
H =( L+ 2 r 2 +2 r 3 +2 r 4 )cos α;

where L represents a length of a generatrix of the conical shell, r 2 represents a circumference radius of the first annular shell, r 3 represents a circumference radius of the second annular shell, r 4 represents a circumference radius of the second annular shell, and α represents a half-cone angle; obtaining, through design values for circular radii of the shells, rotation radii of the conical shell, the first annular shell, the second annular shell, the third annular shell and the cylindrical shell by calculation; Step 2, given that a thickness of the conical shell is t 1 : t 1 ={t 1e , t 1b }; wherein

t

1
⁢
e

=

3

⁢

pR
1

8
[
σ
]

⁢
cos
⁢
α

;
and

t

1
⁢
b

=

0.75

pK
1

(

R
1

+
r

)

[
σ
]

⁢

cos
2

⁢
α

;

where p represents a calculated pressure, [σ] represents an allowable stress, α represents the half-cone angle, R 1 represents a radius of a large end of the conical shell, r represents a radius of a small end of the conical shell, and K 1 represents a parameter related to reinforcing ribs;
a meridional thin film stress σ φ , a circumferential thin film stress σ θ and an equivalent stress σ e of the conical shell being respectively according to a theory of thin shells:

σ
φ

=

-

pR

8
⁢
t

·

1

cos
⁢
α

;

σ
θ

=

Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu Science & Tech

Inventors

• Zhang Jian
• Liu Xiaobin
• Di Chenyang
• Zhan Ming
• Li Yongsheng
• Zhao Tan
• Wang Fang
• Tang Wenxian

Classifications

• Y02T90/00

  Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation · CPC title

• B63G8/04 Primary

  Superstructure · CPC title

• G06F30/17

  Mechanical parametric or variational design · CPC title

• B63B3/13 Primary

  Hulls built to withstand hydrostatic pressure when fully submerged, e.g. submarine hulls · CPC title