Figure 5-1: Cable Element External Forces External Forces: FI = Inertial Force FN = Normal Fluid Force FT = Tangential Fluid Force FB = Buoyant Force V = Speed of element wrt fluid dV/dT = Acceleration of Element wrt. Fluid SG = Cable Specific Gravity rho_fluid = Working fluid Density theta = Angle between segment Tangent and segment velocity Forces on Element: FT = - 1/2 fluid V |V| CT FN = - 1/2 ? fluid V |V| CN FI = - dV/dt Mass FB = -Axs s g ? fluid (SG- 1)


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