Undersea Tether/Termination Assembly.

Abstract

A tethered termination assures that a float is held at and below the water-air interface to dissipate the dynamic energy of surface waves. The termination is secured to a ballast from which the tether reaches upwardly to the float. Splicing a wire rope or synthetic line onto a ball and socket termination avoids bending the rope or line since all motion occurs across the ball and socket to assure a corrosion and failure free operation over millions of oscillation cycles by the float.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 27, 1977
Accession Number
ADD004828

Entities

People

  • Norman F. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Breakwaters
  • Buoyancy
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • High Density
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Weight
  • Resistance
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Surface Waves
  • United States
  • Wave Power
  • Waves
  • Wear Resistance

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