Accession Number:

AD0711188

Title:

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.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1957-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

253.0

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.

Descriptors:

• (*HYDRODYNAMICS
• *SYMPOSIA)
• (*SHIP MODELS
• HYDRODYNAMICS)
• TEST FACILITIES
• MODEL BASINS
• PROPELLERS(MARINE)
• OCEAN WAVES

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE