Abstract
In this study, the dieless bulging and nonlinear buckling behaviours of a stainless longan-shaped pressure hull were investigated. According to the Cassini oval equation, the longan shape has a shape index of 0.1. The lengths of the major and minor axes of the designed longan-shaped pressure hull were approximately 400 and 396 mm, respectively. The wall thickness of this pressure hull was 1 mm. The Huber–von Mises stress and first yielding load of the designed longan-shaped shell and its inscribed polyhedral preform were investigated analytically and experimentally. Moreover, the dieless bulging of the designed longan-shaped pressure hull was investigated numerically and experimentally by using the nonlinear finite element method and a hydrostatic test, respectively. The analytical, experimental, and numerical results exhibited good agreement with each other.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 100548 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering |
Volume | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgement:This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China (grant number: 52071160).
Keywords
- Longan-shaped geometry
- Pressure hull
- Dieless bulging
- Buckling behavior