DIN Standards Committee Shipbuilding and Marine Technology
DIN 81208-21
Manoeuvring of ships - Part 21: Oblique towing test; Text in German and English
Manövrieren von Schiffen - Teil 21: Schrägschleppversuch; Text Deutsch und Englisch
Overview
This standard belongs to the DIN 81208 standard series. The standard series deals with trial tests for ship models or full-scale ships. The results of these tests allow the designer (for model tests) or the ship's management (for full-scale ships) to draw conclusions about manoeuvrability and sea handling qualities of the ship. Furthermore, the results of these tests partly serve as a contractual basis and must be verified when the ship is handed over. The standard describes an oblique towing test which is conducted on a ship model and serves for the determination of the hydrodynamic forces and moments as a function of the drift angle and of the rudder angle and in the case of submarines angle of attack and hydroplane deflection.
