Study of an Underwater retrievable cabin manufactured by hand layup process

Author

Chen Peng ; Xihao Chen ; Haocai Huang ; Zhuoli Yuan ; Jiawang Chen ; Jianxing Leng

Author_Institution

Ocean Coll., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Underwater surveillance network (UWSN) has been widely used in various scenarios, which is constructed by several single nodes composed of two parts: triangle bracing frame and retrievable spherical cabin fixed on top of it. This paper mainly presents the study of the cabin made of glass reinforced plastic material (GRP) manufactured by hand layup process. Then the strength and stability of the cabin was analyzed using finite element analysis software named ABAQUS. In addition, many influences were researched affecting the strength of the GRP product in hand layup processing. Especially, effects of resin content (resin weight fraction) were studied. Finally, the results of hyperbaric chamber experiment show that the designed retrievable cabin manufactured by hand layup process can properly work under ocean water of 200 meter.

Keywords

finite element analysis; glass fibre reinforced plastics; underwater acoustic communication; wireless sensor networks; ABAQUS; GRP product; UWSN; finite element analysis software; glass reinforced plastic material; hand layup process; hand layup processing; hyperbaric chamber; retrievable spherical cabin; triangle bracing frame; underwater retrievable cabin; underwater surveillance network; Manufacturing; Mathematical model; Oceans; Optical fiber dispersion; Resins; Stress; GRP strength; finite element analysis; hand layup process; resin content; retrievable cabin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2014 - TAIPEI

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3645-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964308

Filename

6964308