CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



CONCEPT FORMULATION 1 



Cable Concept 1 



Dry Connector Concept 3 



Wet Connector Concept 3 



Fabrication and Delivery 3 



TESTS OF EXPERIMENTAL CONNECTORS 6 



Experimental Dry Connector 6 



Experimental Wet Connector 6 



PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT 9 



Prototype Dry Connector 9 



Prototype Wet Connector 10 



SUMMARY 21 



CONCLUSIONS 23 



RECOMMENDATIONS 23 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 23 



REFERENCES 23 



APPENDIX — Alternate Wet Connector Concepts 25 



