简介：Forstudyingthedynamicperformanceofsubseaumbilicalcablelayingsystemandachievingthegoalofcabletensionandlayingspeedcontrol,therigidfiniteelementmethodisusedtodiscreteandtransformthesystemintoarigid-flexiblecouplingmulti-bodysystemwhichconsistsofrigidelementsandspring-dampingelements.ThemathematicalmodelofsubseaumbilicalcablelayingsystemkinematicchainispresentedwiththesecondorderLagrangeequationinthejointcoordinatesystem,anddynamicmodelingandsimulationisperformedwithADAMS.Thedynamicanalysisisconductedassumingthefollowingthreestatuses:ideallaying,practicallayingunderwavedisturbance,andpracticallayingwithtensioncompensation.Resultsshowthatmotiondisturbancesofthelayingbudgeunderseawaves,especiallywithheavingandpitching,willcauserelativelyseriousfluctuationsincabletensionandlayingspeed.Tensioncompensation,i.e.,activebacktensiontorquecontrolcanrestrictcontinuoustensionincreasingordecreasingeffectivelyandrapidly,thusavoidingcablebreachorbuckling.