A voluntary association of worldwide organizations that have responsibility for the prediction of hydrodynamic performance of ships and marine installations based on the results of physical and numerical modeling. The primary task of the International Towing Tank Conference is to stimulate progress in solving the technical problems that are of importance to towing tank Directors and Superintendents who are responsible for giving advice and information regarding fullscale performance to designers, builders and operators of ships and marine installations based on the results of physical and numerical modeling. The Conference also aims at stimulating research in all fields in which a better knowledge of the hydrodynamics of ships and marine installations is needed to improve methods of model experiments, numerical modeling and full-scale measurements; at recommending procedures for general use in carrying out physical model experiments and numerical modeling of ships and marine installations; in validating the accuracy of such full-scale predictions and measurements for quality assurance; at formulating collective policy on matters of common interest; and at providing an effective organisation for the interchange of information on such matters.
- ITTC Recommended Procedures – The ITTC Recommended Procedures give the ITTC Community’s current technical opinion and recommendations on the way to conduct physical and numerical testing including analyses and other associated matters. There is a continuous process to update and improve the Procedures as well as developing new Procedures.
Note: All Procedures can be found by opening the document Procedures Register, from which direct links are set to each Procedure: visit www.ittc.info