Propellant-Actuated Deep Water Anchor. Interim Report

Abstract

A propellant-actuated deep water anchor is being developed to moor deep ocean surface and sub-surface structures. The anchor is designed to have a long-term holding capacity of 20,000 pounds and function in seafloors ranging from very soft sediments to hard rock (basalt) in water depths to 20,000 feet. The anchor has been designed, fabricated, and tested on land. Deep water use of this anchor requires that it be expendable; therefore, surplus ammunition components are used in the launching system (e.g., gun barrel, cartridge, primer), and a simplified structural shape is used for the reaction vessel. Three anchor flukes (one for rock and coral, one for sand and stiff clay, and one for soft clay) were designed to satsify the realm of seafloor anchoring possibilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0765570

Entities

People

  • R. J. Taylor
  • R. M. Beard

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition Components
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Civil Engineering
  • Deep Water
  • Engineering
  • Ferrium
  • Firing Pins
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Launchers
  • Munitions
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Seabed
  • Shear Pins
  • Solenoid Valves
  • Switches
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering.