<h2>AAS 97-139</h2>
<h2>SIMULTANEOUS DEPLOYMENT OF A CABLE FROM TWO MOVING  PLATFORMS                                                                                    </h2>
<h4> S. Djerassi and H. Bamberger, Haifa, Israel                                                                                                                              </h4>
<h2> Abstract </h2>
 The present paper deals with the deployment of a cable from two moving platforms.   The cable is regarded as a collection of links whose number increases with time.   An order-n algorithm is constructed for the simulation of motion of the cable  during deployment, incorporating a novel, three pass procedure for the  identification of constraint forces appearing in the equations of motion, and a  procedure for the release of the cable from both platforms.  The algorithm is  described, and the use of the association simulation program is illustrated by  means of an example.