TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 2 



DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT 3 



TEST ARRANGEMENT AND PROCEDURES 6 



PRESENTATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 6 



PARAMETRIC STUDIES WITH TWO PREDICTION METHODS 10 



COMPARISON OF MEASURED AND PREDICTED RESULTS 16 



CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 20 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 20 



APPENDIX A - EXPERIMENTAL DATA FOR BARE CABLE WITH 



NOMINAL SCOPES OF 100, 200, AND 280 FEET. . . 21 



APPENDIX B - DATA COMPUTED BY METHOD 1 FOR CABLE 



SCOPES OF 100, 200, AND 280 FEET 25 



APPENDIX C - DATA COMPUTED BY METHOD 2 FOR CABLE 



SCOPES OF 100, 200, AND 280 FEET 35 



REFERENCES 39 



