Instruments and Methods for Measuring the Flow of Water Around Ships and Ship Models

Abstract

This r-port outlines the development of Instruments for measuring the flow of water around ships and ship models. The cylindrical and the spherical-ended pitot tube, the rotating wake meter, and the bow log developed by the U.S. Experimental Model Basin and the David Taylor Model Basin are described In detail, and the uses and limitations of each Instrument are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1948
Accession Number
ADA951632

Entities

People

  • C. E. Janes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Calibration
  • Engineers
  • Inner Tubes
  • Measurement
  • Model Basins
  • Model Tests
  • Naval Architecture
  • Pitot Tubes
  • Propellers
  • Ship Design
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Ship Models
  • Static Pressure
  • Transverse
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics