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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