SOME INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF SHIP MODEL RESEARCH

Ship model research since mid-century has experienced a strong surge throughout the maritime nations of the world. The purpose of this paper is to recognize some of the international growth of possible interest to naval engineers. The observations are largely on the International Towing Tank Conference in Madrid, visits to most of the principal European model basins, and the Symposium on Behavior of Ships in a Seaway held at the Netherlands Ship Model Basin, all during September 1957.