seakeeping test

Seakeeping Tests: may be used for test in waves provided that the resulting motions are within the pitch and heave specifications.

Modern seakeeping test facilities can determine these RAO statistics, with the aid of appropriate computer hardware and software, in a single test.

Clauss, G.: The Taming of the Shrew: Tailoring Freak Wave Sequences for Seakeeping Tests.

The work on catamarans has been extended to seakeeping tests in head seas in the towing tank and, currently, in oblique seas using radio controlled models in an open sea environment.