Abstract:
Under the U.S. Navy's Project TITANES a new titanium alloy
pressure hull has been designed, built, and installed for
use in the deep-submersible ALVIN. The Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution was assigned the task of designing,
procuring and testing the through-hull electrical penetrators
for the new sphere. This interim report traces
the progress of this Woods Hole program from the initial
design stage, through the various phases of manufacture
and electrical testing, to the installation of the units
in the completed hull, and the numerous laboratory~ pressure
tank, and at-sea tests conducted to verify the satisfactory
performance of the new penetrators. The results of all laboratory
and in-service testing done to date support the conclusion
that the performance of the titanium penetrators
meets all of the original specifications.
