Performance and Special Trials on U.S. Navy Surface Ships

Abstract

Performance and Special Trials are conducted on the first ship of each new class of ships built for the US Navy, and on ships of existing classes where major modifications have occurred. Performance trials include a series of extensive sea trials designed to obtain definitive data concerning the hydrodynamic capabilities of the ship. Special Trials are a series of unique trials carried out concurrently with Performance and Special Trials planning, agenda preparation, trials procedures, instrumentation calibration and installation, trial sites, data collection, and analysis and reporting are presented. Examples of the various types of definitive maneuvers used to evaluate ship performance are given. Finally, advances in instrumentation and data collection techniques which have occurred as a result of portable, small, high speed computers are presented. Performance and special trials, Tactical trials, Standardization trials, Trailed and locked shaft trials, Acceleration and deceleration trials, Microcomputers, Minicomputers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA218795

Entities

People

  • Lowry L. Hundley
  • Richard J. Stenson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Ranges
  • Acquisition
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Engineers
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Processing Equipment
  • Propeller Shafts
  • Radar
  • Strain Gages
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.