An Experiment to Correlate Strumming and Fishbite Events on Deep Ocean Moorings.

摘要

A deep water experiment was designed to provide information on the correlation between cable fishbite and cable strumming. Two moorings, one with anti-strumming fairings and one without, with subsurface floats were deployed in 1870 m of water in the Tongue of the Ocean. Data on cable damage in the upper half of the mooring cable and strumming at the top of the cable were collected over the three month deployment period. While lack of fishbites prevented any conclusions on fishbite causes, strumming data for long faired and unfaired cables in the ocean was obtained. Data on strumming was also obtained from auxiliary experiments.