User's Manual for UCIN-CABLE III: A Two-Dimensional, Finite Segment Computer Code for Submerged and Partially Submerged Cable Systems

Abstract

This report presents a User's Manual for the computer program UCIN- CABLE III. The program is designed to predict the two dimensional dynamics of submerged and partially submerged towing cable systems. A towing cable system includes the towing cables as well as a set of towed bodies. The system may have one or many branches, but no closed loops may be formed. The cable is modeled as a series of rigid cylinders connected end to end by hinge joints. The fluid forces on each segment include the effects of normal and tangential drag, added mass, and buoyancy. The fluid forces on the towed bodies are calculated from a set of 25 hydrodynamic coefficients. These account for fluid drag and added mass effects. Buoyancy forces are included separately. This manual provides instruction for using CABLE to study such cable systems. It also provides sample input and output data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA144089

Entities

People

  • James W. Kamman
  • Ronald L. Huston

Organizations

  • University of Notre Dame

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Buoyancy
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Flow
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physical Properties
  • Security
  • Towed Bodies
  • Towing Cables
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Hydrodynamics