The Effect of Towed-Body Mass on Slack Towline Effects.

Abstract

USL Report No. 558 examines the possibility of a towline going slack, which can result from the inability of a VDS towed body to accelerate downward at as high a rate as the fantail of a ship. The report also examines the high cable tensions which can result from the sudden restoration of towline tension at some time after the slackening. The likelihood of occurrence of a slack line is a function of the ratio of fish weight to fish mass. This memorandum demonstrates the need for combining the 'G factor' characteristic and the mass of a towed body in determining the likelihood of the loss of a towed body under specific conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 1963
Accession Number
ADA060275

Entities

People

  • Frank B. Rakoff

Organizations

  • Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Connecticut
  • Demonstrations
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Motion
  • Recovery
  • Ship Motion
  • Towed Bodies
  • Transducers
  • Translations
  • Transverse

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  • Marine Hydrodynamics
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