High Reynolds Number Liquid Flow Measurements

Liquid flow facilities are usually categorized as towing tanks, seakeeping and maneuvering basins, circulating water channels, blowdown facilities, and water tunnels. A very complete listing of such facilities has been compiled by the 16th International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) (1985) and it includes most of the major water facilities in, the world. A description of new and planned cavitation facilities is given in Moll and Billet (1987). The intent of this chapter is to discuss the various experimental techniques used in hydrodynamic testing at high Reynolds numbers. This usually implies that water tunnels or tow tanks are used. Because Gad-el-Hak (1987) recently reviewed tow tank testing, our emphasis here is on water (or other liquid) tunnel measurements.

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