Abstract

An improved algorithm is developed for predicting the transient response of a system of serially connected cables and bodies during unsteady deployment from a surface vessel. The governing equations of a cable-body system are derived with dependent variables of cable velocities, direction cosines and tension magnitude to form a nonlinear combined initial-value and boundary-value problem. The problem is then solved by introducing a stable Newmark-like implicit integration scheme in time and by a direct integration method with suppression of extraneous erroneous solutions. Special boundary conditions simulating actively controlled payout and slack-cable/ocean-bottom contact boundary conditions are included in the present model.

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