DYNAMICS OF A CABLE-TOWED-BODY SYSTEM

The study investigates the forces acting upon a cable-towed-body system and develops a digital computer simulation of its dynamics in a plane. The towed system that is discussed was excited by ship motions caused by deep-ocean waves. Equations of motion for the towed body are written and reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations having nonconstant coefficients. In order to effect solutions using numerical integration techniques, a method is developed that reduces the equations of motion so that cross-coupled hydrodynamic inertia terms can be included in a Runge-Kutta numerical integration scheme. (Modified author abstract)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Underwater Systems Center

  New London Laboratory
  New London, CT  United States 
• Authors:
  • Griffin, G T
• Publication Date: 1974-7-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 157 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Dynamics; Loads; Towing devices; Waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Cable dynamics; Towed body systems; Towing cables; Wave induced loads
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072432
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• ISBN: S2244
• Report/Paper Numbers: NUSC-TR-4709 Tech. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 1974 12:00AM