TRANSACTIONS OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN TOWING TANK CONFERENCE (11th) HELD AT DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN, WASHINGTON, D. C. ON 12-14 SEPTEMBER 1956. VOLUME III.

Abstract

Contents: A note on instrumentation used in the ship laboratory; New equipment for model tests at all headings to waves; The St. Anthony Falls multi-purpose test channel; Propeller dynamometer instrumentation at the David Taylor Model Basin; A 36-inch variable pressure water tunnel; A rotating arm and maneuvering basin; A 51-foot pneumatic wavemaker and a wave absorber; Towing and motion measurement instrumentation for model seakeeping investigations; Beach reflection studies.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1957
Accession Number
AD0711188

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dynamometers
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Model Basins
  • Model Tests
  • Research Facilities
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Test Facilities
  • Variable Pressure
  • Water Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.