Towing Tank

• The tank is 100 m long, 3.048 m wide and 3.048 m deep
• Equipped with a drive carriage, PMM carriage, plunger-type wave maker, automated wave dampener system, and wave-dampening beach. 
• The drive carriage is instrumented with several data-acquisition computers, speed circuit, and signal conditioning for analog voltage measurements of forces and moments, ship motions, and carriage speed. 
• The drive carriage pulls the PMM carriage which is used as a point of attachment for model 5512. 
• Wave dampeners enable twelve-minute intervals between carriage runs which is determined sufficient based on visual inspection of the free surface.