DYNAMICS OF TOWED UNDERWATER VEHICLES

Abstract

Presented is the analysis of a system which includes a maneuvering ship towing an underwater vehicle at the end of a long flexible cable. The equations of motion for both the cable and the underwater vehicle are also presented. The cable is imagined to consist of many interconnected short rigid segments. The equations of motion for the system are formulated twice on the basis of two hypotheses: first for a simple hypothesis regarding the inertia of an accelerated body in a fluid, and secondly, for a more complete and a more accurate hydrodynamic hypothesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425731

Entities

People

  • A. G. Strandhagen
  • C. F. Thomas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Acceleration
  • Angular Momentum
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Contracts
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Hypotheses
  • Marine Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Momentum
  • Naval Architecture
  • Three Dimensional
  • Towed Vehicles
  • Towing Vehicles
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Theoretical Analysis.