STATIC ANALYSIS OF MARINE CABLES VIA SHOOTING-OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE

Previous studies by De Zoysa and Chucheepsakul on a three-dimensional static analysis of marine cables yielded contradictory results for an example problem. This work addresses this discrepancy and furnishes th e correct expressions for the set of differential equations governing the cable problem. The so-called shooting-optimization method is propo sed as a solution technique. De Zoysa's cable problem was resolved, an d presented herein are the correct variations of the tension component s at the bottom end of the cable with respect to different angles betw een the ocean current direction and the projection of the ship-to-bugg y line onto the horizontal plane.