Development and field application of composite type submarine cables for coastal wave observation

Author

Nagai, T. ; Kado, Hiromi ; Nakayama, Masakatsu ; Nakashima, Hiroyasu ; Inoue, Mitsuru ; Simizu, Yasuo ; Nakagawa, Tohru

Author_Institution

Div. of Marine Inf., Port & Airport Res. Inst., Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

25-27 June 2003

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

44

Abstract

A new type of submarine cable named as "Composite Cable" has been developed and put into practical use in order to increase reliability of mooring and seabed cables. "Composite Cable" unified the signal transmission part and surrounding protection part consisted of many bands of steel wires, which proves strength against the tension without loosing flexibility. This paper describes results of field applications of the composite mooring cable to real time on-site coastal wave monitoring system. It also describes prototype composite seabed cable design and installation at one of the NOWPHAS coastal wave observation stations.

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; submarine cables; telecommunication cables; coastal wave observation; coastal wave observation stations; composite cable; composite mooring cable reliability; composite seabed cable reliability; composite type submarine cables; real time on-site coastal wave monitoring system; Acoustic sensors; Airports; Communication cables; Data communication; Monitoring; Reliability engineering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies, 2003. The 3rd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tokyo, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7775-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSC.2003.1224107

Filename

1224107