Hose elements for buoy moorings
Subtitle: design, fabrication and mechanical properties
By: by Walter Paul.
Contributors: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Series: WHOI -- 2004-06.; Technical report / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; WHOI (Series) -- 2004-06.; Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Publisher: WHOI
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Hose -- Design and construction.; Hose -- Design and construction -- Mathematics.; Oceanographic buoys.; Deep-sea moorings.
Description: This report describes the design of tire cord reinforced rubber hoses, which have found an application as mooring hoses for oceanographic and offshore aquaculture buoy systems. These hoses stand out due to their ruggedness and ability to significantly stretch under load. The ruggedness is achieved through a steam curing = vulcanization process of the completed hose, generating a similar toughness of the hoses like automobile tires. Elastic stretch ranges can be designed from 30 to 130 percent through variation of the arrangement of the load carrying tire cord layers in the hose body. The hoses can also be furnished with electrical conductors and possibly optical light-guides as part of the hose wall. This technical report describes the design, fabrication, and mechanical properties of the mooring hoses to allow engineers to custom develop hoses with tailored mechanical properties.
Notes: "July 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (leaf 16).

Also issued online.