RESISTANCE AND STABILITY TESTS OF THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION CURRENT-INDICATOR BUOYS,

Abstract

The instrument uses the drag of a buoy to measure current velocities. The drag of 1/3-scale models of three proposed forms for the buoy and a full-scale model of one of these forms to determine which of the forms was best suited to the purpose. The full-scale model was also tested for stability. From the tests conducted Buoy 1 was found to have the most satisfactory performance. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1948
Accession Number
AD0650180

Entities

People

  • R. A. Ebner

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Indicators
  • Models
  • Scale Models

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Oceanography.