Influence of structural resistance indexes on deformation of airship envelope

Abstract:

To explore deformation characteristics of airship envelope with different structure resistance indexes, a numerical method was employed to analyze the deformation of a kind of typical airship envelope with different structure resistance indexes. Analytical results show:the effect of elastic modulus on deformation is nonlinear, the effect of poisson ratio on deformation is linear, and the effect of elastic modulus on deformation is obviously stronger than that of poisson ratio. Meanwhile, a square relationship between envelope length and its absolute deformation, a linear relationship between envelope length and relative deformation have been certified under the same working condition. What is more, it was testified that the curve between slenderness ratio and relative deformation was horizontal when slenderness ratio was between 4 and 5. Therefore, to reduce the relative deformation, it is beneficial to adopt envelop materials with large elastic modulus anddesign airship with appropriate length to make the slenderness radio between 4 and 5.