AN AUTOMATIC WAVE PROBE REFERENCE SETTING MECHANISM IN A HIGH SPEED TOWING TANK

A Adithya Kashyap, B. Prasad Rao, Y. Srinivasa Rao, K. Srinivasa Rao

Abstract: The wave generation system in a High Speed Towing Tank (HSTT) generates regular and irregular waves to simulate wave condition during ship model testing. A wave probe is used to measure the height of waves generated by the wave generation system which is placed at the centre of the towing tank from the wave generation system. Generally the initial wave height reference (zero-point) at no wave condition is set manually and it is difficult to set reference accurately and the procedure is time consuming. The work aims at development of an automatic mechanism for adjustment of zero point in HSTT. The intended system enables remote monitoring and setting wave probe height reference with better accuracy minimizing human intervention. The prototype results confirmed the efficacy of the proposed mechanism.

Keywords: Towing Tank, Wave probe, Wave generating system

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0209077