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towed systems simulation

Users Manual:

Index Body and Cable Effects
Page 1 Body and Cable Effects
Page 2 General Towing Configuration
Page 3 Cable Element Details
Page 4 Cable Elasticity
Page 5 External Forces
Page 6 External Forces (continued)

Figure 3-1:

Detail of One Cable Element:
The cable is broken into N elements.
The elements are subject to:

elastic,

inertial,

hydrodynamic,

gravitational,

buoyant,

and reaction forces.