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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (13): 229588-229588.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.29588

• Solid Mechanics and Vehicle Conceptual Design • Previous Articles    

Mechanical behavior of aerostat envelope and constitutive modeling

Yunchao XIA1,2, Jian DENG1,2, Zengxian WANG1,2, Qiang LIU1,2(), Tianjian LU1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing  210016,China
    2.MIIT Key Laboratory of Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing  210016,China
  • Received:2023-09-15 Revised:2023-09-25 Accepted:2023-10-30 Online:2023-11-22 Published:2023-11-09
  • Contact: Qiang LIU E-mail:liuqiang2015@nuaa.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFF0501800);National Natural Science Foundation of China(11972185);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20200409);The High Level Personnel Project of Jiangsu Province(JSSCBS20210618);The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NT2022001);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M721609)

Abstract:

To meet the requirements of load-bearing and special environmental adaptability, the envelope of near-space operational aerostats consists of multiple layers, such as high-performance fiber fabrics, helium barrier layers, weather layers, and adhesive layers. Since the internal pressure inside the envelope directly determines load-bearing capacity of the aerostat, it is necessary to develop a reliable constitutive model to predict the equivalent mechanical properties of the envelope, which therefore, lays the foundation for strength and life evaluations of the airship. Effects of fiber fabrics and functional layers on the equivalent mechanical properties of the envelope were investigated by experimental characterizations. Based on experimental results, an equivalent constitutive model was developed to study the anisotropic and nonlinear mechanical behavior of the envelope. For both uniaxial and off-axis tensile conditions, predictions on the effective stress, yarn shear angle and specimen cross-sectional contraction agree well with experimental results. The combined experimental and numerical studies have led to insightful understanding between the overall mechanical response and microstructure deformation of the envelope.

Key words: aerostat envelope, constitutive model, microstructure deformation, anisotropy, nonlinearity

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