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CUVX Design Report - the AOE home page - Virginia Tech

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<strong>CUVX</strong> <strong>Design</strong> – VT Team 2 Page 129too light. Holes were drilled in <strong>the</strong> model and weights were placed at locations equidistant from <strong>the</strong> models’ CGalong <strong>the</strong> centerline. This was done to sink <strong>the</strong> model to <strong>the</strong> design waterline and to correctly trim <strong>the</strong> model.The model was towed using a wire tow line. To measure drag force, <strong>the</strong> tow line was connected from aneyehook on <strong>the</strong> model to a strain gage balance located underneath <strong>the</strong> carriage, Figure 2. The model was towed atspeeds scaled to correspond to required ship speeds. Figure 3 and 4 show two model test runs. The color is invertedin Figure 3 to enable better viewing of <strong>the</strong> waves.After reviewing <strong>the</strong> results it was concluded that <strong>the</strong> due to <strong>the</strong> unsophisticated test techniques and <strong>the</strong> smallmodel size, <strong>the</strong> Holtrop-Mennen resistance prediction provided more reasonable results. Building and testing <strong>the</strong>model was a good educational experience, but it was understood at <strong>the</strong> start that <strong>the</strong> results would be suspect.Figure 1. Foam surface being added to model frame structureFigure 2. Tow Tank Apparatus and Model Ship

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