Accession Number:

AD0756048

Title:

Expandable Floating Bases Program: Model Test and Analysis

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

GOODYEAR AEROSPACE CORP AKRON OH

Personal Author(s):

• Quaint, Glenn W.

Report Date:

1973-01-30

Pagination or Media Count:

403.0

Abstract:

The report covers research directed specifically toward examining and comparing the responses of similarly configured expandable and rigid bodies subject to wave action, investigation of hydrodynamic problems associated with closely spaced multiple floats in an array, and an assessment of cost of expandable structures in relation to certain design requirements for a floating base.

Descriptors:

• *FLOATS
• OCEAN WAVES
• RESONANT FREQUENCY
• FLUID DYNAMICS
• HYDRODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS
• EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES
• FORCE(MECHANICS)
• CONFIGURATIONS
• PITCH(MOTION)

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE