II. STATIC STRESSES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE 

 ARRAY AND CABLE 



The distribution along the cable of the static tensile stress, o , due 

 to the weight of the array and cable is linear and is given by: 



a - — 

 S 



(L - x) (w - b) + W - B 

 a a 



(1) 



where: 



X = Space coordinate measured as indicated in Figure 1. 



L = Length of the cable . 



S = Metallic cross -sectional area of the cable. 



w = Weight of the cable per unit length. 



b = Buoyancy force on the cable per unit length. 



W = Weight of the array. 



B = Buoyancy on the array. 



SURFACE 



CABLE 



X=0 



+ X 



^M 



X'L 



ARRAY 



FIGURE 1 DEFINITION OF SPACE COORDINATES 



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