Accession Number:

AD0831073

Title:

THE SHIP DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY, TEDDINGTON, ENGLAND.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)

Personal Author(s):

• Todd, Frederick H.

Report Date:

1968-02-19

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

The report describes the organization of the Ship Division of the National Physical Laboratory, the major establishment in the UK engaged in ship research and model testing for the merchant marine. Details are given of the new circulating water channel or flume recently commissioned and of some of the work carried out on it, including a new method of flow visualization. There is a general account of the research being carried out in the Division, particularly that directed towards a resolution of the problem of model-ship correlation. The use of new materials for model hulls is described, together with the development of methods of cutting hull and propeller models by numerically-controlled machines. Author

Descriptors:

• *NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES
• *SHIP MODELS
• MARINE ENGINEERING
• NAVAL RESEARCH
• SHIP HULLS
• FLOW VISUALIZATION
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• MARINE PROPELLERS
• MATERIALS
• SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
• TEST FACILITIES
• CUTTING
• UNITED KINGDOM
• SHIPS
• HYDROFOIL CRAFT
• HYDRODYNAMICS

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE