Design and construction of an aluminum A-frame for submersible launch and recovery

The design, analysis and construction of an advanced system for submersible launch and recovery is described. The system comprises an A-Frame, cylinder bases and a motion-compensating pendant suspended from the A-Frame crossbar, all of light-weight aluminum construction.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 457

This manuscript is an author version and
may be cited as: Clark, A. M. (1986). Design and construction of an aluminum A-frame for submersible
launch and recovery. In T. McGuinness & H. H. Shih (Eds.), Current practices and new technology in
ocean engineering: [symposium] OED-Vol. 11 (pp. 225-231). New York, NY: American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.