Experimental analysis of stresses in a buoy-cable system model using a birefringent fluid

Abstract

An extension of the method of photoviscous analysis is presented which permits quantitative studies of strains associated with steady-state vibrations of immersed structures. Strains can be determined both in the vibrating structure and in the surrounding fluid. The method is applied in an investigation of one form of behaviour of buoy-cable systems loaded by the action of surface waves. Procedures are illustrated for evaluating directly from the strain data parameters useful to the buoy-cable system designer.

The analysis performed is two-dimensional. The cable is modelled by a soft rubber strip, and the buoy by a round can floating on the surface of a birefringent fluid. A payload is simulated by a weight attached to the lower end of the strip. Waves of controllable frequency are produced by a device actuated by a shaker. Strains in the fluid and in the strip are determined from isochromatic and isoclinic data and the possible extension of the experimental results obtained to prototypes by means of scaling laws is suggested.

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