BUOY CONFIGURATION RESULTING FROM MODEL TESTS AND COMPUTER STUDY,

Abstract

The discus was selected as the best hull shape for a long-range telemetering and data-gathering buoy. The buoy is required to operate continuously for a year, withstanding the severest sea condition, yet retaining a favorable attitude for the telemetering of data. Towing basin model tests supplemented by an analog computer dynamic simulation aided in the configuration selection. Continued study on the analog computer will determine the forces and motions incurred by the buoy over wider ranges of wind and sea conditions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0704532

Entities

People

  • S. T. Uyeda

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Computers
  • Control Simulators
  • Model Tests
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Oceanography.
  • Software Engineering