Accession Number:

AD0753464

Title:

Hydrodynamic Winch for Salvage Operations

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL UNDERSEA CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Rosenberg, E. N.

Report Date:

1972-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Lifting heavy loads 1000 tons or more from ocean depths using the present winching or lifting methods is, for practical purposes, nonexistent. Pontoons and winches have been used for limited loads and limited depths, but breakout forces, buoyance controls, dynamic-wave induced cable stresses, etc., have made very heavy lifts almost impossible. The hydrodynamic winch is a proposed solution to this problem.

Descriptors:

• *SUBMARINES
• *HOISTS
• MODEL TESTS
• HYDRAULIC MODELS
• OCEAN BOTTOM
• FLOATING BODIES
• SALVAGE
• CABLE ASSEMBLIES

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE