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PostHeaderIcon Testing and Calculations

TESTS

  • Resistance force
    Propulsion
    Seaworthiness
    Tests for sailboats

Tests on a racing sailboat Essais sur un voilier de course

CALCULATIONS

  • Hydrodynamic – Reva, Fluent
  • Maneuverability – SeaKeeper, Aqua+

Hydrodynamic calculationCalcul hydrodynamique

 

 

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1 component dynamometer balance
measurement of draft and trim (boats, inland vessels, ...)

Balance dynamométrique à 1 composante

6 components dynamometer balance

  • effort and time after the 3 axes, house up to 45 °, drift to 10 ° (tests on sailboats)
Balance dynamométrique à 6 composantes
Measurement system of self-propulsion

1 or 2 shafts

wake measures

probe wave.

 

Motion capture with camera

  • Real-time measurement of the 6 components of the displacement of a body with a camera-6D KRYPTON rodymas-DMM, this equipment can track a vessel free of any physical barriers (sensors, cables, ...) -
  • features : rate of 3000 Hz, resolution 0.005 mm, 0.05 mm accuracy.
    underwater camera
Caméra 6D KRYPTON-RODYM-DMM
System data acquisition, processing and calculation.

 

 

 

 

 




 

PostHeaderIcon Instalation

Dimensions

  • Length : 100 m
  • Height : 6m
  • Depth : 4 m
  • Underwater observation room with video side.

Plate-forme de traction

  • Max speed : 6 m/sec
  • Length measuring the maximum speed : 30 m
  • Fully automated and programmable controls.
  • Model up to 4 m.

Wave-making machine

  • Generator type component single joint (computer control)
  • Wave type : regular or random
  • Characteristics of waves :
    • Maximum amplitude : 0,4 m,
    • Period : 1 sec to 10 sec.
Plate-forme de traction Bassin des carènes

 

 
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