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Spring 1985 Leeway Experiment.
| 题名： | Spring 1985 Leeway Experiment. |
| 作者： | Willcox, James;Nash, Louis; |
| 关键词： | DRIFT, LIFE RAFTS, WIND, SMALL SHIPS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, ARRAYS, COAST GUARD, MICROWAVES, MODELS, OCEAN SURFACE, OCEANS, ONBOARD, RESPONSE, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, SURFACES, TEST AND EVALUATION, TIDAL CURRENTS, TRACKING, VELOCITY, WATER, SEA RESCUES, WIND DIRECTION, WIND VELOCITY, OCEAN CURRENTS, ANCHORS(MARINE), BOATS, MATHEMATICAL MODELS. |
| 摘要： | The U.S. Coast Guard R and DC and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) conducted an experiment off the east coast of Florida during March and April 1985 in order to determine the leeway of various craft common in Search and Rescue (SAR) situations. Leeway, defined as the response of a survivor craft to the effect of wind alone, is an important component of the total drift calculation for a survivor craft. Other components are the sea current, tidal current, and wind-driven current. Leeway data will be utilized by search planners to predict the movement of various search targets. The search targets evaluated were three types of 4-man life rafts, one 6-man life raft, and three types of small boats (less than 21 feet in length). This report presents results of the R and DC's statistical analysis. Results of FAU's use of the data to calibrate and test a numerical model are presented separately, DOT/OST/P-34/87/058, August 1986. Leeway was calculated as the difference between the test craft's velocity and the average current of the upper three feet of the water column. The oceanic surface current at the test craft was determined from an array of drifters surrounding the test craft. The drifters and small craft were tracked by a Microwave Tracking System (MTS). The wind was measured onboard the small craft at a height of six feet above the ocean surface. The apparent wind relative to the current at the raft was used in the analysis. life raft, drogue, leeway. |
| 总页数： | 123 |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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