Pressure container
A pressure vessel includes a vessel body, a first rib and a second rib. The vessel body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first rib projects in a second direction from the first surface and extends in a first direction. The second rib provided in series with the first rib, projects in the first direction from the second surface, and extends in the second direction. A width in the second direction of the internal space is smaller than a width in the first direction of the internal space. A maximum value of a projection amount of the second rib from the second surface to the outside of the vessel body in the first direction is smaller than the maximum value of a projection amount of the first rib from the first surface to the outside of the vessel body in the second direction.
1. A pressure vessel comprising:
a vessel body capable of housing a fluid in its internal space, and
a rib projecting from the vessel body to the outside of the vessel body,
wherein the vessel body comprises:
a first surface which forms the internal space by extending in a vessel body axial direction that is an axial direction of the vessel body, and extending in a first direction that is a direction perpendicular to the vessel body axial direction, and
a second surface which is connected to the first surface and forms the internal space by extending in the vessel body axial direction and extending in a second direction that is a direction perpendicular to the vessel body axial direction and the first direction,
the rib comprises:
a first rib which projects in the second direction from the first surface and extends in the first direction, and a second rib which is provided in series with the first rib, projects in the first direction from the second surface, and extends in the second direction,
a width in the second direction of the internal space is smaller than a width in the first direction of the internal space, and
a projection amount of an uppermost surface of the second rib from the second surface to the outside of the vessel body in the first direction is smaller than a projection amount of an uppermost surface of the first rib from the first surface to the outside of the vessel body in the second direction.
2. The pressure vessel according to claim 1 , satisfying 0.7·(L 1 /L 2 ) 2 ≤H 1 /H 2 ≤1.3·(L 1 /L 2 ) 2 ,
wherein L 1 is the width in the first direction of the internal space,
L 2 is the width in the second direction of the internal space,
H 1 is the projection amount of the uppermost surface of the first rib from the first surface to the outside of the vessel body in the second direction, and
H 2 is the projection amount of the uppermost surface of the second rib from the second surface to the outside of the vessel body in the first direction.
3. The pressure vessel according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plurality of the ribs are provided at equal intervals in the vessel body axial direction, and
the pressure vessel satisfies 0.7·(L 1 /L 2 ) 2 ≤Zp 1 /Zp 2 ≤1.3·(L 1 /L 2 ) 2 , wherein
L 1 is the width in the first direction of the internal space,
L 2 is the width in the second direction of the internal space,
Zp 1 is a plastic section modulus of a cross-section as viewed from the first direction, which is a cross-section of a repeating unit including the first surface and the first rib, and
Zp 2 is a plastic section modulus of a cross-section as viewed from the second direction, which is a cross-section of a repeating unit including the second surface and the second rib.
4. The pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness in a first direction central part of the first rib is larger than a thickness in a portion other than the first direction central part of the first rib.
5. The pressure vessel according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness in a first direction central part of the first rib is larger than a thickness in a portion other than the first direction central part of the first rib.
6. The pressure vessel according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness in a first direction central part of the first rib is larger than a thickness in a portion other than the first direction central part of the first rib.
7. The pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the first rib includes a thin-walled part and a thick-wall part wherein with the thick-wall part has a thickness along the axial direction of the vessel body greater than a thickness of the thin-walled part along the axial direction of the vessel body.
8. The pressure vessel according to claim 7 , wherein the thick-walled part is provided in a central part of the first rib along the first direction in such a manner that the thickness increases gradually toward the center of the first rib along the first direction.