Ship Model Towing Tank Outfitting

Much headway has been made at the University of Southampton with the outfitting of the new 138 metre ship model basin. The tank has now been filled to its working level and is being equipped with state-of-the-art technology, which will enable ship testing and experimental work for the aerospace, energy and transportation sectors.

The HR Wallingford wavemaker has now been fitted and commissioned. The system, which is already being used for conducting static tests in waves, is capable of generating regular waves up to 0.7 metres (model scale) and irregular seastates up to 0.36 metres significant wave height (model scale).

The newly installed Qualisys motion measurement system includes 4 front-facing, above-water cameras for tracking free-running models, 4 above-water moonpool cameras for tracking towed models and 6 underwater cameras. The above- and underwater systems may be combined to enable tracking the vessel’s motions in all 6 degrees of freedom and through the free surface.

Wolfson Unit engineers continue to be heavily involved in monitoring the tank outfitting and are an integral part of the team developing a new generation of dynamometers, towing equipment and associated systems.

For more information on our new facility please see our Ship Model Towing Tank Brochure. 

For more information on our facilities please see our Facilities page.