Uncertainty Assessment for Towing Tank Tests With Example for Surface Combatant DTMB Model 5415

Uncertainty assessment methodology, procedures, and results are presented for most typical towing tank tests using a 3.048 m geosym of naval combatant DTMB model 5415, which is an established benchmark for computational fluid dynamics validation. The tests include resistance, sinkage and trim, wave profile, wave elevations, and nominal wake. The procedures are summarized and follow International Towing Tank Conference Quality Manual Procedures. The facility and measurement systems are briefly described, and detailed uncertainty assessment examples for each test are provided with descriptions of bias and precision limits and total uncertainties.