BEHAVIOR OF ELASTIC TOWING CABLES IN SHEAR CURRENTS

The formulation and solution of governing equations that can be used to analyse the three dimensional behaviour of elastic towing cables subjected to arbitrary sheared currents were presented in this paper. The elastic cable geometry was described in terms of two angles, elevation and azimuth, which...

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Published inJournal of hydrodynamics. Series B Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 590 - 595
Main Authors Hou, Guo-Xiang, Li, Hong-Bin, Zhang, Sheng-Jun, Yang, Yun-Tao, Xu, Shi-Hua, Xie, Wei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.2005
Subjects
弹性支架
浮标系统
非线性微分方程
buoy system
tension
shear current
cable
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Summary:The formulation and solution of governing equations that can be used to analyse the three dimensional behaviour of elastic towing cables subjected to arbitrary sheared currents were presented in this paper. The elastic cable geometry was described in terms of two angles, elevation and azimuth, which are related to Cartesian co ordinates by geometry compatibility relations. These relations were combined with the cable equilibrium equations to obtain a system of non-linear differential equations. In the end, results for cable tension, angles, geometry and elongation are presented for example cases.
Bibliography:buoy system, cable, shear current, tension
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ISSN:1001-6058