DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 



GENERAL 



The objectives of the present project could best be 

 accomplished by investigation of only those factors repre- 

 senting potential problem areas in the realization of the 

 design goals. In each such instance, analysis or appro- 

 priate testing of the specific elements was performed. 

 These individual results must be appropriately weighted to 

 determine overall system feasibility. 



PERFORMANCE 



During the course of these studies^ it was determined 

 that the resistance of the faired cable might be as much as 

 fifty percent greater than that assumed for the preliminary 

 design. The effects of such an increase in the resistance 

 are discussed in Appendix III. It is pointed out therein 

 that the depth objective can be attained^ in spite of the 

 higher resistance, by increasing the scope of faired cable. 



Effecting such an increase without exceeding the limi- 

 tation of one-third the cable breaking strength depends on 

 the validity of the assumed hydrodynamic-loading functions. 

 Two sets of computation^ one by Whicker (4) and the other by 

 Eames (5)^ are available for estimation of the hydrodynamic 

 forces acting on faired cable, and for prediction of result- 

 ing geometries. Whicker 's foxTaulation is the more general; 

 Eames* results represent a special case. If the loading 



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