WEIGHT COMPARISON OF HULL STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS FOR MASSIVE GLASS DEEP SUBMERSIBLES,

Abstract

The report represents the results of a study of three hull configurations for a deep submersible constructed of massive glass with titanium reinforcing rings. The configurations studied were a sphere, a bisphere, and a cylindrical hull with hemispherical ends. Local discontinuity stresses at the joints were considered. It was shown that an optimum length to diameter (L/D) exists for the cylindrical hull which minimizes the weight to displacement ratio. At large values of L/D, the bisphere was shown to be optimum. It was shown that weight-displacement ratio of .5 is feasible for massive glass hulls with an Adiprene shock mitigator on the outside. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1968
Accession Number
AD0695775

Entities

People

  • Jack E. Goeller

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Discontinuities
  • Displacement
  • Elements
  • Geometry
  • Group 4 Elements
  • Mathematics
  • Metals
  • Physical Properties
  • Refractory Metals
  • Sizes (Dimensions)
  • Submersibles
  • Titanium

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Structural Dynamics.