水下插拔式电连接器设计及接触体分析

Design of Subsea Wet-mate Electrical Connector and Analysis of Contact Shrapnel

水下插拔连接器在水下设备中起到关键性的连接作用,最重要的是其具有即时通断的功能,大大提高了设备系统的机动性、安全性和适应性。通过分析水下插拔式电连接器的工作原理和结构组成,针对电连接器的关键部分接触体进行力学模型建立及分析,确定接触压力与接触弹片结构参数之间的函数关系式,并对接触弹片强度校核,同时利用UG与ANSYS Workbench联合仿真对接触体的插合与分离过程进行数值模拟,分析不同结构参数对接触弹片应力的影响,为高可靠性的电连接器接触件的设计提供方法和依据。

The subsea wet-mate electrical connector plays a key role in subsea equipment,and most importantly,it has an on-off function,which greatly improves the maneuverability,safety and adaptability of the equipment system.In this paper,the working principle and structure of the subsea wet-mate electrical connector are analyzed.The mechanical model of the key part of the electrical connector is established and analyzed.The relationship between the contact pressure and the structural parameters of the contact shrapnel is determined.And the effect of different structural parameters on the stress of the contact shrapnel is analyzed by using UG and ANSYS Workbench joint simulation.It provides the method and basis for designing the high reliability electrical connector.