<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Hank,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Most boats see about 100 hours use a year. I expect this to be no different. I want a neat little toy to play with in the garage on the occasions when my wife turns me loose! :)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal;
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 priorities are.  What is most important? if long transits are the plan then you may need to change things.  If fuel cost is a consideration, another change.  Looking very cool dock side, you nailed it. It just wouldn't be fun if it was easy.<br>Hank<br>--------------------------------------------<br>On Sun, 5/4/14, Joe Perkel via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Terminating a conical transition<br> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> Received: Sunday, May 4, 2014, 5:30 PM<br> <br> Sean,<br> Have<br> you ever notice how the Civil War design of the USS<br> Alligator stabilized the boat submerged? A couple of
 crazy<br> little tethered floats, but the rationale has<br> never escaped me.<br> I<br> will reduce free flood space wherever I can. Trapped<br> inertia being on my mind, but I needed someone to remind me<br> of the waste in efficiency / power requirements,<br> thanks! Also, your comments bring home some compelling<br> reasons to shorten the design with a "Just<br> enough but no more" design<br> mindset.<br> I've<br> given thought to the conical section in the front, I can<br> reduce this down to a 30" head with forward viewing ala<br> Kraka, but quite the tight fit! Not sure, I have to give it<br> some more thought.<br> If<br> I reduce the aft end with a cone, then I would bring the<br> motor inside and do a standard marine hybrid<br> installation. Expensive, but certainly a more reliable<br> answer. If I do that, I would dispense with the notion of<br> propulsion units in the aft end of the pods, truly
 no<br>  need then. This boat requires a  massive<br> ventilation / climate control scheme for surface operations,<br> that's why I've been overly generous with the<br> machinery space in these early drafts.<br> I'm<br> still concerned about stability because I have to contend<br> with what to do with all of that centerline space. The VBT<br> would take up some, but I would have to flood the<br> rest.<br> Thanks<br> again Sean!<br> Joe<br>     On Sunday, May 4,<br> 2014 4:56 PM, Joe Perkel via Personal_Submersibles<br> <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>     Hank,<br> What<br> you see there is the<br>  original Seehund arrangement, my intention is as you say,<br> up higher. The aft cone on mine essentially now an MBT.<br> Those lower volumes will be flooded in practice, but I am<br> wondering if
 they could be blown down dry to help with<br> trailer launching and recovery??<br> Plenty,<br> and I mean plenty of room along the centerline for keel<br> ballast.<br> I<br> keep thinking about what you've told me regarding Gammas<br> attachment, always in the back of my<br>  mind!<br> Thanks<br> Hank!<br> Joe<br>     On Sunday, May 4,<br> 2014 4:34 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles<br> <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>     Joe,<br> Your dive tanks are to low, they should be at<br> the top of the sub.  The way you have it will be less<br> stable.<br> The motor pod should be okay, just<br> like the K subs. You do not want your torpedo's to be<br> buoyant, they should be as heavy as possible for<br> stability.<br> Hank<br> --------------------------------------------<br> On<br>  Sun, 5/4/14, Joe
 Perkel via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> wrote:<br> <br>  Subject: Re:<br> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Terminating a conical transition<br>  To: "Personal Submersibles General<br> Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>  Received: Sunday, May 4, 2014, 3:07 PM<br>  <br>  I've incorporated<br>  some of the suggestions in the attached<br> drawing. Still,<br>  I've got a lot to think<br> about here but I am also excited<br>  about the<br> possibilities and the potential outcome. This<br>  image should give some idea of<br>  what's on my mind.<br>  What you see is the<br> water ballast arrangement<br>  on the original<br> Seehund, and how my proposed
 pressure<br> <br> boundary fits into this scaled down version. The<br> following<br>  is a list of concerns and or<br> design<br>  considerations.<br> <br> 1)<br>  Clearly, I have no need to compensate<br> for the loss of<br> <br>  torpedoes<br>  2)<br>  New pressure<br> boundary provides for massive MBT volumes<br> <br> (Low pressure compressor to blow down<br> <br> volumes)<br>  3)<br>  Torpedo<br> battery pods may need to incorporate some free<br>  flooding spaces to reduce weight, or perhaps<br> reduce battery capacity to a single pod in<br> <br> lieu of the former forward water ballast tank, then<br>  completely free flood both torpedoes<br> completely??.<br>  (Boat will incorporate a<br> gen-set)<br>  4) Questionable<br> <br> reliability of external motor pod assembly.<br> <br> 5)<br>  Stability considerations<br>  Thanks for the input<br>  gents,<br> It really helps
 me to take a step back on<br> <br> occasion!<br>  Joe<br>  <br>  <br>       On<br> Sunday,<br>  May 4,<br>  2014 10:19 AM, hank pronk via<br> Personal_Submersibles<br>  <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> wrote:<br>      Joe,<br> <br> When I mounted the tanks back on<br>  Gamma, I changed the<br>  mounting location to<br> give a greater angle also I did what<br>  Vance<br> is saying on a small scale.    I then poured<br>  a gallon of paint in <br>   each tank and rolled the sub slowly to<br> ensure there was<br>  complete paint<br> coverage.  If I was operating in salt<br> <br> water I would mount some nipples to the tanks with<br>  plugs.  After a dive in salt water,<br> remove the plug and<br>  you have access to<br>
 spray fresh water inside and rinse the<br>  salt<br> water out. A large panel is a good idea also because<br>  you<br>  can open it up after each<br> dive and let it dry out.   <br>  If I<br> had a K350, I would not copy the Nekton tanks<br>  exactly.  I would change the shape so<br> they have more<br>  volume at the top reducing<br> the<br>  rolling effect. Also I would<br>  consider<br> making them from SS. Also SS heads solves the<br>  problems entirely. Start watching ebay for ss<br> heads.  I<br>  once saw a ss tank exactly<br> the<br>  same as a 500gal propane tank<br>  for 1,500<br> dollars on ebay.<br>  Hank<br> <br> --------------------------------------------<br>  On Sun, 5/4/14, via Personal_Submersibles<br> <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
 wrote:<br>   <br>  <br> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Terminating a conical<br>  transition<br>   To: <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a><br>   Received: Sunday, May 4, 2014, 8:32<br> AM<br>   <br>   Joe,<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Consider using an elliptical head back<br> there, for<br>   starters. You aren't<br> building for much depth here, so<br>   the<br> K-350 size will be fine (.375" ish). The ellipses<br>   are cheaper, do the same job, and give<br> you a touch more<br>   inside<br> room. Then I would have<br>  a cone rolled<br>   with a short flange on<br> the major diameter, maybe a couple<br>  of<br>   inches, to match the hull OD.<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   The Nekton<br> cone-to-dome caused
 a<br>   pinch point<br> that was always a hassle to clean and paint,<br>  and<br>   ultimately left<br> some pitting in the pressure hull that had<br>   to<br>   be<br> weld-repaired. A short cylinder on the sheet metal<br>   would give you a little more room under<br> there to sandblast<br>   and paint during<br> assembly and later for overhauls. I would<br>   say for maintenance a couple of<br> flush-mount, gasketed<br>  panels<br>   in the tank would serve you well.<br> Don't make them<br>  too<br>   ornery to remove or you<br> won't do it as often as you<br>  will<br>   wish you had.<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   I'm wondering now about my own<br>   boat and using tanks like that. Is there<br>  anyone in the<br>  group<br>  <br> who can plug and chug a metacentric height on Nekton<br> tanks<br>   installed on a
 K-350? Assembly<br> would be so simple that<br>  way.<br>   And it would tow better, which is always<br> a good thing. The<br>   Nektons roll a bit,<br> but are reasonably stable. A K with<br>  the<br>   pods should have plenty of weight down<br> low. Hmm. Would it<br>   work? I'm<br> thinking yes. Anybody else have an opinion<br> <br> on<br>   that?<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Vance<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  <br>   -----Original<br>   Message-----<br>   <br>   From: Joe Perkel via<br> Personal_Submersibles<br>   <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>   <br>   To:<br> personal_submersibles<br>   <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org"
 ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>   <br>   Sent: Sun, May<br> 4, 2014 12:28 am<br>   <br>   Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Terminating<br> a conical<br>   transition<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  <br>  <br>   <br>   <br>   Vance,<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Rethinking that aft assembly to make it<br> all soft tanks aft<br>   of a hemi head ala<br> Nekton.<br>   <br>   If I<br> go weld-on to the head ala Nekton, how best to attach<br>   to the head to allow for periodic access<br> and maintenance?<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Joe<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <br>             <br>   <br>       <br>  <br>        <br>   
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 <br>              Sat, May 3,<br> 2014<br>  2:03:36 PM     <br>             <br>    <br>        <br> <br>   <br>   <br>             <br>    <br>       <br>    <br>   <br> <br>                 <br>           <br>    <br>   <br>  <br> <br>             <br>    <br>         <br>       <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>                <br>             <br>    <br>         <br>      
  <br>   <br>    <br>       <br>            <br>      <br>       <br>          <br> <br>    Joe,<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   It<br>   seems like an expensive and complex<br> assembly for what you<br>   get. Why not<br> close the aft segment in a simpler way and<br>  fair<br>   the stern to the<br> shape you prefer? A hemisphere with an<br>   extended shaft housing to put the prop<br> where you want it,<br>   for instance.<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  <br>  <br>   <br>   Vance<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  
 -----Original<br>  <br> Message-----<br>   <br>  <br> <br>   From: Joe Perkel via<br> Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>   <br>   <br>   To: Personal Submersibles General<br> Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>   <br>   <br>   Sent: Sat, May 3, 2014 8:17 am<br>   <br>   <br>   Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Terminating<br> a conical<br>   transition<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  <br>  <br>   <br>   Sean,<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  
 <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Yes,<br>   a bolted<br> flange with O ring.<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   I've<br>   attached an image of what's on my<br> mind. This hull is<br>   36" OD,<br> cylinder length is 120". Anything bigger<br>   in diameter, simply gets way to big and<br> bulky for<br>   handling.<br>   <br>   <br>  <br>  <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   I'm<br>   thinking at this size, I must bolt at<br> least two hull<br>   sections together for<br> outfitting and maintenance, and the<br>  <br> cones can be un-stiffened or perhaps only at the<br>   joints.<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>
  <br>  <br>   Joe<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>    <br>   <br>    <br>   <br>    <br>   <br>     On<br> Friday, May<br>   2, 2014 9:50 PM, Sean T.<br> Stevenson via<br>  Personal_Submersibles<br>   <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>   wrote:<br>   <br>   <br>     <br>   <br>     <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Each cone<br> section in that case is considered<br>  <br> alone, so if you were using stiffeners, you would need a<br>   heavy stiffener at
 every joint.<br> Depending on the size, it<br>   may be<br> simpler to use unstiffened geometry for such an<br>  <br>  assembly.<br>   <br>  <br> <br>   <br>   <br>   The rules do not address bolting<br> pressure<br>   hull sections together, but<br> I don't see why you<br>   couldn't,<br> provided you meet the requirements in terms<br> <br> of<br>   the stress analysis under the<br> maximum combined loading<br>   conditions,<br> which are prescribed in the ABS rules.<br>   Might<br>   require<br> some FEA to be sure. You're thinking an O-ring<br>   groove seal? Or other arrangement? <br> I think an ASME<br>   code compliant flange<br> would be a good place to start, but<br>  I<br>   would make sure that the cross-sectional<br> area of each half<br>   of the flange<br> considered individually met the requirements<br>   of<br>  a heavy stiffener
 per ABS, at a minimum material<br>  location<br>   (bolt hole). I<br> would also be inclined to use SuperBolts<br> <br> for<br>   the connection. <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <a href="http://www.nord-lock.com/superbolt/multi-jackbolt-tensioners/" target="_blank">http://www.nord-lock.com/superbolt/multi-jackbolt-tensioners/</a><br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Sean<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   On May 2, 2014<br> 6:03:21<br>   PM MDT, Joe Perkel via<br> Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>  <br>   wrote:<br>   Sean,<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  
 Would the heavy stiffener rule apply<br> equally to several<br>  cone<br>   segments stepping down at different<br> angles?<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Also, do ASME<br> pipe flange specifications translate equally<br>   to bolted<br>  pressure hull sections? Have I missed a section<br>   somewhere on bolted cylindrical<br> sections?<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Very helpful<br> Sean thank you!<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Joe<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <br>             <br>   <br>   <br>             <br>      <br>   <br>   <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>   
 <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>    <br>   <br>  <br> <br>             <br>    <br>       <br>    <br>   <br>  <br> <br>             <br>    <br>   <br>  <br>      <br>       <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>            <br> <br>                <br>             <br>     <br>  From:<br> <br>                <br>           <br>    <br>       
  <br>        <br>     <br>          Sean T. Stevenson<br>  via<br>  <br> Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>>; <br>     <br>     <br>            <br> <br>        <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>             <br>    <br>     <br>           <br>   <br>              <br>     <br>    <br>            To:<br>             <br>    <br>         <br>      <br>       <br>    
      <br>   <br>            Personal<br>  Submersibles General<br>  <br> Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>>; <br>     <br>     <br>            <br> <br>                <br>   <br>               <br>           <br>    <br>         <br>        <br>     <br>          <br>   <br>     <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>            <br> <br>    
          <br>            <br>      <br>    <br> Subject:<br>           <br>      <br>       <br>        <br>     <br>            <br> <br>              Re:<br>  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Terminating<br>   a conical transition     <br>    <br>         <br>        <br>    <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>             <br>    <br>         <br>      <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>          <br>      <br>  Sent:<br> <br>      
          <br>           <br>    <br>         <br>        <br>     <br>          Fri, May 2, 2014<br>  11:45:11 PM    <br> <br>            <br>            <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>        <br>   <br>   <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>            <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>             <br>    <br>         <br>      <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>
                <br>         <br>         <br>     <br>            <br> <br>      <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>              <br>           <br>             <br>    <br>         <br>        <br>   <br>    <br>         <br>        <br>   <br>            <br>      <br>       <br>          <br>   <br>            <br>   <br>   2:1<br> semi-elliptical heads are usually<br>  <br>
 fabricated with some<br>  length of straight flange (tangential<br>   cylindrical section) beyond the axis of<br> the ellipse.<br>   Hemispherical heads may<br> or may not have a straight flange<br>  <br> section, but in either case are<br>  permissible to use<br>  adjacent<br>   to conical sections, provided all other<br> requirements are<br>   met. For stiffened<br> cones, you must have stiffeners meeting<br>   the "heavy stiffener" criteria<br> at both ends, as<br>   close as practicable<br> to the cone-to-cylinder and<br>  <br> cone-to-head transitions. For unstiffened cones, the<br>  length<br>   L_c used in<br> overall buckling calculations must be the<br> <br> total<br>   length between the next heavy<br> stiffener to either side of<br>   the<br> entire compartment length, or between the 40% of head<br>   depth points if otherwise<br>   unbounded.  Cone to
 head<br>   welds are done in the same manner as<br> cone to cylinder<br>  welds,<br>   and if your<br> <br>    head is supplied w!<br>    ith a<br>   flange, it is the same<br> <br>   thing.<br>   <br>  <br> <br>   <br>   <br>   Sean<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>  <br>  <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   On May 2, 2014 2:48:52<br>   PM MDT, Joe Perkel via<br> Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>   wrote:<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   I have<br>   spotted the ABS diagrams and<br> specifications for<br>   re-enforcement and<br> butt welds at conical to cylinder<br>
  <br> transitions. I am somewhat unclear however as to<br>  terminating<br>  <br>  at the head.<br>   <br>  <br> <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   For<br>   example, the<br> diagrams in the 2014 ABS underwater vehicles<br>   and hyperbaric chamber publication shows<br> conical<br>  transitions<br>  <br> either bordered by a<br>   cylinder at<br> either end, or simply<br>  open<br>   at the small end???<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>   <br>    I want to terminate the small end of a<br> conical<br>  transition<br>  <br> directly to a small diameter hemi-head without another<br>   straight section, but I am unclear<br> as to whether or<br>  not<br>  <br> that is acceptable<br>    in practice.<br>   <br>   <br>   <br>
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