SMALL-PERTURBATION ANALYSIS OF OSCILLATORY TOW-CABLE MOTION

The equations of two-dimensional motion of a flexible inextensible cable are linearized by a small-perturbation approximation and sinusoidal time dependence is assumed. The simplified equations are intergrated numerically by the Kutta-Merson method. Separate computer programs, OMWAY and OMFLO, have been written for the Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 2 cable-towed-body problems; they are listed in the appendixes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Ship Research and Development Center

  Bethesda, MD  United States  20034
• Authors:
  • Kerney, K P
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 50 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Perturbations; Towing devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Cable dynamics; Perturbation problems; Towed body systems; Towing cables; Towline hydrodynamics
• Subject Areas: Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00028952
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSRDC-3430 Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM