Doe OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER, aaa PIECES CA 92152 
AN ACTIVITY Oy a 1S NAVAL MATERIAL COMMAND 
HL BLOGD 
Technica! Director 
si GUILLE, CAPT, USN 
Commander 
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 
Work was performed with IED funds under Program Element 62766N, Project 
F61512, Task Area ZF-61-512-00) (NOSC 530 ZD51), and for the Transduction Sciences 
Block Program under Program Element 62711N, Task ZF-1 1-121-001 (NOSC SU1 2), by 
members of the Marine Sciences and Technology Directorate (Codes 53 and 52). This 
report covers work from 1 May 1979 to 30 April 1980 and was approved for publication 
21 July 1980. 
The support of NOSC I[R/IED management is gratefully acknowledged. JM Walton 
restarted the thinking toward a flat linkage approach and did an outstanding job on the 
engineering design. GO Pickens originally suggested the flat linkage approach, contributed 
valuable counsel, and managed the Transdec tests. TE Stixrud gave valuable advice, assisted 
at the Transdec tests, and managed the Lake Pend Oreille tests. LE McKinley gave valuable 
advice, as did VC Anderson and FR Abbott. Interest in and support for the Lake Pend 
Oreille tests by DL Carson and JB Fransdal is gratefully acknowledged. Drafting and 
machine work were performed well by CV Cargill, Jr and R Roa, respectively. 
Released under authority of 
JD Hightower, Head 
Environmental Sciences Department 
METRIC CONVERSION 
eatin Rap ananassae EHD GE YS 2 
To convert from ~ 
feet 
pounds 
pounds of force per 
square inch (psi) 
dynes/cm2 
ergs 
horsepower 
To 
metres (m) 
kilograms (kg) 
pascals (Pa) 
Pa 
joules (J) 
watts (W) 
armen nt EET BEY ETEN PAPE IT AD 
Multiply by 
~ 3.05 E-01 
~ 4.54 E-01 
~ 6.89 E+03 
1.00 E-Q] 
1.00 E-07 
~ 746 E+02 
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