Abstract: A mooring system is any system of cables and anchors used to restrain the motion of a fixed or floating structure by transmitting the forces on the structure to the seafloor. Examples of ...

Abstract: It is well established, and intuitively clear from the geometry of a wire rope, that a tensile load produces not only an extension but also a rotation of the rope (or a torque if both ...

Abstract: Supersonic flow of a perfect, inviscid gas through a finite, flexible duct of revolution is considered. Internal equivalents to Lighthill’s piston theory and Ackeret’s strip theory are derived ...

Abstract: Methods for the design and analysis of oceanographic moorings are well established (Berteaux, 1976). However, as with most engineering design problems, there are certain “rules-of-thumb” or ...

Abstract: Coupled extensional-torsional behavior of wire rope is considered. Equations of motion for a straight rope section loaded simultaneously in tension and torque are derived, and constitutive equations ...