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What data? Maybe I'm misreading this, but I don't have any
data on composite pressure hulls whatsoever, so it would be hard for me to have
furnished what I don't have.
:) From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Brent Hartwig Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:55 PM To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Original KL-250 Blown Dome Specs Ya, and/or FRP or the like. Just ordered up a good
number of sch. 80 SS double couplers for two new 6 person hyperbaric chambers my
relative has orders for. That should keep us busy. Were just using 304 SS since
they are not going in the ocean.
Blasting on the inside of my K boats steel hull, makes
me want a composite pressure hull. I've got one in the works with some
assistance. Thanks for the data Alec.
Is your battery pod, electrical thru hull
conductor shielding Delrin? Karl was telling me a few days ago about the
Delrin shielding on Idabel.
Regards,
Brent
From: Smyth, Alec
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:11 AM
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Original KL-250 Blown Dome
Specs Yes, they're UHMW. After diving Snoopy in the ocean some
years ago, I replaced everything I could for SS or plastic. I'd make the
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[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Brent
Hartwig
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:26 AM To: PSUBSorg Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Original KL-250 Blown Dome Specs Greetings SMMOMS,
I've been analyzing the original acrylic
blown dome, that came on my KL-250, and made the assembly model of it, to put on
the CAD assembly of the whole sub as it was configured when I received it. Then
later I'll put a modified version of it on a assembly model of the K-250 as
it is configured in the Captains plans.
I've noticed that the bonded on rim ring on my dome is
made up of four strips of .25" thick by .75" wide acrylic joined at a 45 degree
angle. The thickness at the apex of the dome is just under 3/8"
. I'm working of obtaining the exact shape of the dome, but
currently I think have a reasonably good facsimile. I've begun to run
some FEA testing on the dome assembly I currently have worked
up. No surprises there so far, with the higher stresses being on the
thin top area, and the inside seating area. I still need to obtain a few
material property specs on the Acrylite G and Polycast cell cast
acrylic to obtain more accurate data. The CosmosWorks software I use has a
cyclic fatigue analyzing engine, so I'll have to put it to good
use.
My rendering software and computer were playing nice
together, for this session, so some interesting renderings came out, with out me
feeling like pulling out my hair. ; }'
I can clearly see on the old dome that it was retained
in two different positions about it's axis. It was held in
one position for a long time, and I could see where the metal
holding cleats pressed against the outer surface of the blown dome. This makes
me think that for this type of dome, that there could be a retaining ring with a
rubber gasket under it, instead of the metal cleats. I see Alec changed his out
for plastic ones.
Alec, are those made out of
UHMW?
Also in both said holding positions, there is fracture
damage to the blown dome. One area in particular took some serious damage. Some
of fractures might be from tightening the cleats down to hard, and/or the
hatch was dropped or obtained the damage in a particular holding position
when the sub suffered a hydrogen explosion inside and blew back the hatch with
out it being latched inside or out.
Regards,
Szybowski
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