Displacement forces on a neutral current detector from a buoyant and flexible cable under tension [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1994.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 21 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States. Department of Energy
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- As a means for maintaining order in the 112 NCD readout cables, it is proposed to put the cables under tension in such a way that they lie as straight as possible and rest along the top surface of the acrylic D₂O vessel. However, one aim is to avoid using top anchor points to secure the NCDs in the D₂O vessel, but rather to just let the counter`s inherent buoyancy maintain the necessary vertical orientation. As a result, applying a tension to the readout cable may pull the counters too far off of vertical. Whether or not the counter is pulled too far off of vertical depends in large part on the characteristics of the cable, i.e. modulus of elasticity and initial radius of curvature. Given that the applied tension in equilibrium is just equal to the restoring force on the counter when pulled off of vertical by some arbitrarily small amount, and given that the final radius of curvature of the readout cable is 6 meters (the radius of the D₂O vessel), what then must the modulus of elasticity be for a given initial radius of curvature of the cable? This assumes that the cable will be wrapped around a spool or somehow coiled for shipment. This also assumes that upon delivery of the cables, some effort can be made to straighten them out somewhat. For this approximation, the buoyancy of the cables is assumed to be negligible. The small length of cable that does not rest against the inner surface of the D₂O vessel is also neglected.
- Subject(s):
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/1994.
"la-ur--94-2008"
"DE94014414"
Walston, S. - Type of Report and Period Covered Note:
- Topical; 05/01/1994 - 05/01/1994
- Funding Information:
- W-7405-ENG-36
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