Accession Number:

AD0768319

Title:

The Configuration and Loading of a Torisonally Elastic Faired Cable.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

HYDROSPACE-CHALLENGER INC ROCKVILLE MD

Personal Author(s):

• Dillon,David B.

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

59.0

Abstract:

A mathematical model for the equilibrium configuration and tension for a flexible, faired cable with torsional elasticity in a uniform stream is presented. The differential equations are derived and a numerical integrating program for solving the initial value problem thus posed is given in the BASIC computer language. A sample problem is solved and discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *CABLE FAIRINGS
• *TOWING CABLES
• *MECHANICAL CABLES
• LOADS(FORCES)
• CONFIGURATIONS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• HYDRODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS
• FORCE(MECHANICS)
• TORSION
• STABILITY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Subject Categories:

• Construction Equipment, Materials and Supplies
• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE