When towing submerged bodies such as sonar vehicles or oceanographic instrument packages, tow cable may be subjected to severe loadings because of large-amplitude ship motions; typical body, cable, and oscillating tow point assemblage is idealized as single-degree-of-freedom system and dynamical equations of motion are solved over range of forcing amplitudes and periods and system compliance; effects of such parameters as body density and cable compliance in attenuating dynamic stresses are discussed. (See also ASME -- Paper 64-WA/UNT-8 Nov 29-Dec 4 1964 8 p)
Tow cable snap loads
Mar Technology
Marine Technology ; 2 , n 1
1965
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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