Abstract:
This thesis presents an in-plane free vibration analysis of extensible
marine cables. The formulation is based on the virtual work-energy functional of
marine cables which involves strain energy due to axial stretching, and virtual work
done by hydrostatic pressure, and other external forces. Equations of motion can
be obtained by considering the difference of Euler's equation between equilibrium
and motion states, and after neglecting the effect of drag and inertia terms due to
wave and current. Application of Galerkin finite element method to the differential
equations of motion, the mass and stiffness matrices can be obtained and the natural
frequencies of free vibrations are determined using inverse iteration method.
The results of this study are demonstrated for the cases of specified top
tension, in which the effect of elastic modulus, top tension and top end location of
the cables are considered. In general it is found that the in-plane dimensionless
natural frequencies increase with the increase in elastic modulus and top tension,
but decrease as x H / H increases. The transition mode shapes can be observed and
demonstrated in this study.