0:00 The US Navy’s indoor ocean1:06 Why are physical ship models still in use?1:30 Renovation at Maneuvering and seakeeping basin2:23 Why the US Navy re-creates waves from around the world3:24 Cook Unity4:53 What did the investigation into MSC Zoe reveal?6:05 Why the water in the indoor ocean is not salty6:33 How is the data from model ships used to estimate the performance of full-size ships?7:53 What happens inside David Taylor Model Basin?8:48 How is a ship’s hull resistance calculated?10:04 How are tests controlled at David Taylor Model Basin?10:42 How do ship makers validate the performance of a ship from trials?11:45 Performing self-propulsion tests and others on model shipsWhy the water inside US Navy’s indoor ocean is not salty, how test results from a scale model can be translated into a full-size ship, why these rails are curved, even through they look pretty straight, and why with all the advancements in computer modeling, the Navy still relies on old school physical models, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT