Effects of wind, waves, and current on tow loads generated by 1:7 model and full scale liferafts

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/8895385
Author	Search for: Power, J.; Search for: Simões Ré, A.
Sponsor	Search for: Search and Rescue New Initiative Fund (SAR-NIF)
Format	Text, Technical Report
Subject	liferaft; model; tow force; drag; wind; current
Abstract	The purpose of this report is to measure the tow force generated by commercially available 16, 42, and 150 person full and 1:7 model scale life rafts in varying environmental conditions. The environmental conditions include varying wave frequencies, wind speeds, and a steady state current. The goal for this project is to use data collected in controlled laboratory conditions to help fill in the knowledge gaps that currently exist in the operation of life rafts in weather conditions. This increase in knowledge would benefit marine operators, the regulatory bodies, the search and rescue planners, the training providers, and the manufactures in developing new designs.
Publication date	2007
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Ocean Technology
Place	St. John's, Newfoundland
Series	Technical Report (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Ocean Technology), no. TR-2007-24 (2007).
Language	English
NRC number	NRC-IOT-6500
NPARC number	8895385
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Record created	2009-04-22
Record modified	2022-09-15

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