CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



THEORY 1 



RESULTS 5 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 7 



PROPOSED DESIGN PROCEDURE 9 



APPLICATION OF PROPOSED DESIGN PROCEDURE TO TWO 



PROTOTYPE EXAMPLES 11 



Design Example Using Polypropylene Cable 11 



Design Example Using Steel Cable 13 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS OF APPLICATION OF THE PROPOSED 



DESIGN PROCEDURE 15 



FINDINGS ". 22 



CONCLUSIONS 22 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 22 



APPENDIXES 



A — Analysis of Cable and Payload Dynamics for Raising and 



Lowering Loads in the Deep Ocean 58 



B — Evaluation of the Normalized Amplitude of the Maximum 



Dynamic Stress as co' "* n77 62 



C — Computer Program for the Evaluation of the Normalized 



' Amplitude of the Maximum Dynamic Stress, I^qxI ^^ 



D — Summary of Drag Coefficients 69 



E — Summary of Added Mass Coefficients 73 



REFERENCES 78 



MATHEMATICAL NOTATIONS 79 



MBL/WHOI 



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