CABLE STRUMMING EXPERIMENTS

Preliminary cable strumming experiments were conducted in an ocean field test. The measured average amplitudes were in the range 0.12-0.47 of the cable diameter and the measured values of Strouhal number were in the range 0.3-0.7. Tests were also conducted on cables with anti-strumming fairings. One of the fairings essentially eliminated strumming but the drag was very high.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Ocean Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Davis, N B
  • Jessup, S D
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Drag; Fairings
• Old TRIS Terms: Cable drag; Cable fairings; Vibrating cables
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098215
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 74-19 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67-A0204-0084
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM