• DocumentCode
    2817256
  • Title

    Design of a Shipboard Handling System for a Ten Air Gun Array

  • Author

    Collier, M. Lowell

  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    16-18 Sept. 1981
  • Firstpage
    1049
  • Lastpage
    1052
  • Abstract
    A 250 foot array of ten 5000 PSI siesmic air guns was designed for deployment to 1500 feet in the ocean. A ladder was constructed using chain for the side members and the air guns spaced every 25 feet as the rungs. A wire rope lowered the array to depth. An umbilical cable containing air hoses and electrical conductors was attached to the lowering wire. It supplied high pressure air to charge the guns, electrical power to trigger the firing and conductors for instrumentation.
  • Keywords
    conductors (electric); hoses; oceanographic equipment; ropes; ships; weapons; air hoses; electrical conductors; ladder; ocean; shipboard handling system; siesmic air gun array; wire rope; Conductors; Fasteners; Foot; Guns; Hoses; Joining processes; Oceans; Steel; Umbilical cable; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS 81
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.1981.1151518
  • Filename
    1151518