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mooktank
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Right now I'm trying to design a floatation device for putting 1000m under the sea (~1500 psi external pressure). The nicest looking and most convenient shape would be a torus but I'm having trouble estimating stress on the thing. I'm looking for around 20lb of buoyancy or more and dimension are roughly:
OD: 16"
ID: 5"
Cross section d~5"
At the company I work for they've done testing before with plastic floats of this kind with not so good results. As soon as they deform a little it becomes a positive feedback type situation creating a greater stress concentration and it crushed at relatively low pressure.
I guess this means it's a hoop stress type buckling situation but I'm a little fuzzy on how to approach the calculations.
OD: 16"
ID: 5"
Cross section d~5"
At the company I work for they've done testing before with plastic floats of this kind with not so good results. As soon as they deform a little it becomes a positive feedback type situation creating a greater stress concentration and it crushed at relatively low pressure.
I guess this means it's a hoop stress type buckling situation but I'm a little fuzzy on how to approach the calculations.