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NONLINEAR AND HYSTERETIC TWlSTING EFFECTS IN OCEAN CABLE LAYING

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Abstract

Armored ocean cable unlays u.~der the action of installation tensions and restraining moments applied by the ocean bottom and the ship's bo.., sheave. The process of elongation and tvist is nonlinear and hyste~etic. This process has often been ass~~ed linear f\..o.'1d revc:-sible. The e(!un.tions Oescr.i.bing the r:-:c~~nt. ;:hich is C.eveloped in laying cable on the ocean bctto::i are ".Jorked out, without assumine linearity a.~d reversibility. These equations are applied to some cases likely to arise. For a typical armored coaxial cable laid in 3100m (2,000 fathoms) depth without bottom tension, a steady-state laying-up moment of 13LNm (99 lbf. ft.) is developed. For the reversible case, no moment is developed. If the bottom tension is increased from zero to 33,315N (1500 lbf.) and then returned to zero, a peak moment of 198Nm (1L6 lbf. ft.) is developed.

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