The Effect of Roundness on the Buckling Strength for the Submerged Pressure Hull

Abstract:

The pressure hull is the most important part of resisting pressure structures of the structural systems. The submerged pressure hull is subjected to very high hydrostatic pressure or underwater explosion load, which creates large compressive stress resultants. Due to this the pressure hull is susceptible to buckling. Buckling phenomena analysis is of greater importance in the design of the submerged pressure hulls. For the pressure hulls with local out-of-roundness, the operating depth will be greatly influenced and thus decreasing capability to resist pressure loading. Thus, this work employs the ABAQUS finite element program to analyze the effect of roundness on the buckling strength for the cylinder pressure hull. Sex kinds of out-of-roundness rateφ, 0%, 1%, 3%, 5%, 10% and 15%, were studied in this study. The bulking depth and collapse depth for the cylinder pressure hull with different out-of-roundness rate were calculated. The Analysis models and results of this study contribute to efforts to design pressure hull structures.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 644-650)
• Pages: 5133-5137
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.644-650.5133
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Ching Yu Hsu*, Cho Chung Liang, Tso Liang Teng, Chia Wei Chang
• Keywords: Bulking Strength, Cylindrical Pressure Hull, Out-Of-Roundness

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