Depressor weight
A depressor weight is a device used on tow lines in nautical applications. A depressor weight can be attached to a floating or otherwise stiff line to effectively produce a catenary geometry better able to mitigate shocks associated with towing and wave impacts.[1][2]
See also
[edit]- Catenary – Curve formed by a hanging chain
References
[edit]- ↑ United States Patent office google.com/patents
- ↑ L. L. Whitcomb (2000). Underwater robotics: out of the research laboratory and into the field. Proceedings 2000 ICRA. Millennium Conference. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Symposia Proceedings. pp. 709–716. doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844135.