Hydrodynamic Winch for Salvage Operations

Abstract

Lifting heavy loads (1000 tons or more) from ocean depths using the present winching or lifting methods is, for practical purposes, nonexistent. Pontoons and winches have been used for limited loads and limited depths, but breakout forces, buoyance controls, dynamic-wave induced cable stresses, etc., have made very heavy lifts almost impossible. The hydrodynamic winch is a proposed solution to this problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753464

Entities

People

  • E. N. Rosenberg

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buoyancy
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Closed Circuit Television
  • Control
  • Deep Oceans
  • Deep Water
  • Diameters
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Engineering
  • Model Tests
  • Oceans
  • Salt Water
  • Seabed
  • Submarine Hulls
  • Submarines
  • Travel
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.