Exploratory Study of Joint Rings for Ceramic Underwater Pressure Housing
Abstract
The motivation for utilizing ceramic hull components in the design of pressure-resistant housings for underwater applications is well documented. Practical ceramic housing designs require joining techniques that can be used to assemble housing components. These joints may be for permanent bonding of adjacent ceramic components in order to build up hull sections or for service joints that allow adjacent ceramic hull sections to be disassembled for internal access or inspection. One approach to the design of joint interfaces for ceramic pressure hulls uses metallic joint rings to encapsulate the ends of ceramic housing components. This document describes issues that the designer of such joint rings for ceramic housings must address and documents the results of four cylindrical housing configurations that have been designed, fabricated and tested to destruction. Ceramics, External pressure housing, Ocean engineering.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA269553
Entities
People
- J. D. Stachiw
- R. P. Johnson
- R. R. Kurkchubasche
Organizations
- Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center