A STRESS AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE PILOT PROJECT OCEANIC TELESCOPE,
Abstract
During the development of the Oceanic Telescope a stress and stability analysis was performed in order: (1) to aid in the evaluation of various designs; (2) to determine the required buoyancy and cable strengths to meet performance specifications; (3) to provide detailed information on the final configuration; and (4) to provide load and geometry information at various stages during telescope deployment. The principal tool used in the stress analysis was a computer program called SEASNAKE which produces detailed tension and geometry information for a wide variety of three-dimensional cable configurations and current conditions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0679693
Entities
People
- H. Forbes Little
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology