NEW RESEARCH RESOURCES AT THE DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN.

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Abstract:

The paper describes briefly many of the new laboratory facilities and instruments in the field of ship model research. A planar-motion mechanism now provides hydrodynamic coefficients for the differential equations of motion, a heaving towpoint simulates ship pitching for bodies towed over the stern, a boundary-layer research tunnel reveals the effects of pressure gradients, differential transformers permit miniaturized transducers and remote digital recording, a pneumatic wave-maker generates a programmed frequency spectrum, a large transonic tunnel provides high Reynolds numbers in air, a submarine test tank extends the scope of structural research, a flutter dynamometer explores the phenomenon on control surfaces in water, a large variable-pressure water tunnel provides for testing contra-rotating propellers, and seakeeping and rotating-arm basins add new dimensions to research in naval architecture at the David Taylor Model Basin. The gamut in size runs from a 6-knot towing carriage for a 57-ft model basin to a 60-knot towing carriage for a 2968-ft basin, and from a transient-thrust dynamometer that serves as the strut barrel of a ship model to a 40,000-lb vibration generator that excites full-scale ship structures. Author

Author(s):
Wright, E. A.
Author Organization(s):
DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN WASHINGTON D C
Descriptive Note:
Research and Development rept.,
Supplementary Note:
Prepared for presentation at Spring Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Old Point Comfort, Virginia, 2-3 Jun 1958.
Pagination:
0033

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
DTMB-1292
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4_Logistics
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
(*NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES, NAVAL RESEARCH), (*SHIPS, NAVAL RESEARCH), (*TEST FACILITIES, MODEL BASINS), SHIP MODELS, HYDRODYNAMICS, SIMULATORS, TEST EQUIPMENT, DYNAMOMETERS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Marine Engineering, Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
Report Date:
1959 Jan 01