Proceedings of the American Towing Tank Conference (21st) Held in Washington, DC. on 5-7th August 1986,

Abstract

The address covers the period 1946-1986, and touches on the tremendous achievements that have taken place in surface ships, submarines, and other marine vehicle technology: The revolutionary development of the true high speed submarine in the 50's; the order-of-magnitude increase in tanker capabilities and vast increases in cargo ship capabilities as evidenced by the 33 knot SL-7's as well as other container ships, barge carriers and roll-on/roll-off ships; the development of three totally new ship concepts: the hydrofoil, the hovercraft and the SWATH ship and the semi-submersible. Also covered are the developments necessary to operate under severe weather and sea conditions and mention of how towing tanks have played a major role in these achievements. Contents: Propulsion, Ocean Engineering, Resistance and Flow, New Facilities and Techniques, Steering and Maneuvering, Ice Testing, Seakeeping, Cavitation, High Speed Vehicles and Sailing. (sdw)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA196627

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Messalle

Organizations

  • National Research Council

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Froude Number
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Naval Architecture
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Ship Design
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.