As one of very few academic tow tanks in the United States, the towing tank at Virginia Tech gives engineering undergraduate and graduate students valuable experience in state-of-the-art …

The resulting instrumentation upgrade modernized the aging tow tank to provide Virginia Tech with a unique testing facility to perform innovative, nontraditional experiments that will serve …

Jul 26, 2022 · Tucked away deep in the basement of Norris Hall, Virginia Tech’s 60-year-old towing tank was in desperate need of a face-lift. The basin and its towing carriage, primarily …

AOE faculty and students are conducting word-class research in facilities equipped with advanced instrumentation and high-performance computing resources.

Students in the ocean engineering program will use the tow tank in their lab courses or for graduate and undergraduate research. They will be provided access and introduction to …

Apr 13, 2023 · While many towing tanks exist in government research laboratories and university settings, the Virginia Tech (VT) Towing Tank has recently commissioned a new high-speed …

Currently, the water tank is being redesigned to be larger in size to accommodate different types of experiments and to not restrict the jet resulting from the wedge impact. The new tank will …

Virginia Tech Tow Tank Upgrade and Modernization When: May 2, 2022 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM (ET) Associated with Hampton Roads Section

Apr 13, 2023 · Virginia Tech has recently acquired a new towing carriage and vertical planar motion mechanism. The new towing carriage replaces the original carriage that was installed …

The authors will discuss how preliminary resistance experiments compare to the USNA towing tank facility. Virginia Tech has recently acquired a new towing carriage and vertical planar …