FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The overall preparation of this report was undertaken as part of the research program of the Naval 

 Research Laboratory (NRL). The NRL cable dynamics program has been sponsored by the Civil 

 Engineering Laboratory (CEL), Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC), which also sponsored the 

 towing channel cable strumming experiments at the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Develop- 

 ment Center (DTNSRDC). The authors are grateful to Mr. J.H. Pattison for providing detailed reports 

 of the towing channel experiments. The authors also are grateful to Professor T. Sarpkaya of the Naval 

 Postgraduate School for providing detailed reports of the NPGS laboratory-scale experiments which 

 were sponsored by CEL. 



These efforts are part of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) cable dynamics 

 research program for which sponsorship and technical coordination are provided by CEL. The MIT 

 experiments described in this report were sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Code 480, and 

 the authors are grateful to Dr. J. K. Vandiver of the Ocean Engineering Department at MIT for provid- 

 ing detailed accounts of those field experiments. The camera-ready manuscript for this report was com- 

 posed by the Computerized Technical Composition Office at NRL. 



