... the results from full-scale experiments of the quasi-static and dynamic behavior of a long vertical tow cable during steady and unsteady towing operations. The overall motivation for the experiments was to improve performance in the positioning of towed vehicles, for example, ARGO - the Deep Submergence...

... have been made in the capability of the equipment fitted am their telemetry, control am diagnostic systems, the actual vehicles themselves have developed very little. The hydrodynamics of these bluff hulls remains poorly quantified with the result that they are often underpowered, especially...

... Abstract Towed underwater vehicle systems are influenced significantly by the presence of the cable, especially in deep water where cable drag and inertial effects are as important as, or even more important than, the drag and mass of the vehicle Itself This paper describes a numerical...