TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES iv 



L SUMMARY 1' 



A. PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1 



B. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 2 



II . STATIC STRESSES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ARRAY AND 



CABLE 5 



IIL THE EFFECT OF OCEAN CURRENTS 7 



IV. THE EFFECT OF MOTIONS OF THE SEA SURFACE 10 



A. FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM 10 



B. THE STEADY STATE SOLUTION FOR SINUSOIDAL 



INPUTS 13 



C. PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE 

 MAXIMUM STRESS FOR SINUSOIDAL INPUTS 17 



V. THE DYNAMICS OF THE VESSEL AND SPECTRAL CHARACTER- 

 ISTICS OF A REALISTIC SEA 25 



VI. BUCKLING 29 



APPENDIX A - FRICTION ON THE CABLE 32 



APPENDIX B - THE DRAG ON THE ARRAY 34 



LIST OF SYMBOLS 36 



PROJECT TRIDENT TECHNICAL REPORTS 39 



DISTRIBUTION LIST 42 



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