Summary of Seakeeping Trials Aboard SLICE

Abstract

Seakeeping trials were conducted onboard SLICE, a small waterplane area prototype developed by Lockheed Martin under cooperative agreement with the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Testing was performed off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii in April 1998. A summary of measured ship motions is presented for a variety of speeds and headings in Sea State 4. Comparisons are shown with motion control engaged and disengaged.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADB241665

Entities

People

  • Dennis A. Woolaver
  • Terrence R. Applebee

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accelerometers
  • Agreements
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Controllable Pitch Propellers
  • Detectors
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Potentiometers
  • Propellers
  • Seakeeping
  • Ship Motion
  • Standards
  • Surface Warfare
  • Surfaces

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Oceanography.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.