A FORTRAN IV Program for the Three-Dimensional Steady-State Configuration of Extensible Flexible Cable Systems

Abstract

A detailed description is given of Program CAB3E, a general FORTRAN 4 program for predicting the three-dimensional, steady-state configuration of extensible flexible cable systems. The cable system may consist of an arbitrary number of different cable segments and intermediate bodies. All but the initial body are restricted to simple bodies having only weight and drag forces. The description includes the equations of equilibrium for the cable and intermediate bodies, the subroutines of the program, and instructions for program usage. Several sample problems are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000954

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  • Henry T. Wang

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  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

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  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Buoyancy
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Deep Water
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
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  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Steady State
  • Three Dimensional
  • Towing Cables
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Physics

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  • Control Systems Engineering.
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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.