Inside The Navy's Indoor Ocean

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The US Navy has an indoor ocean that can simulate any wave in the world. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. You can get started for free, or the first 200 people to sign up via brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription.

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Thanks to Kelley Stirling and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division for the visit.
Thanks to Miguel Quintero and Capt. Todd E. Hutchison for talking to us about the important work going on in the Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin.
Thanks to Dr. Georgy Manucharyan at the University of Washington for his help in understanding ocean waves.

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References:

Webb, P. (2017). Introduction to Oceanography. Chapter 10: Waves. Online OER textbook. – ve42.co/Webb2017
Stewart, R. (2008). Introduction to Physical Oceanography. – ve42.co/Stewart2008
van den Bremer, T. S. & Breivik, Ø. (2018). Stokes drift. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. – ve42.co/Bremer2017
Monismith, S. (2020). Stokes drift: Theory and experiments. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 884, F1. – ve42.co/Monismith2020
Young, I. R. (1999). Wind Generated Ocean Waves. Elsevier. p. 83. – ve42.co/Young1999
Wright, P. Island Physics. 4.2 Formation of Waves – ve42.co/IslandPhysics
American Bureau of Shipping. (2016). Guidance Notes on Selecting Design Wave by Long Term Stochastic Method. – ve42.co/ABS2016
James, S. & Stull, R. (2019). Wave Characteristics. UBC ATSC 113 - Weather for Sailing, Flying & Snow Sports. – ve42.co/James2019
Garrison, T. (2009). Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science (7th ed). – ve42.co/Garrison2009

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コメント (21)
  • @duser
    I love how even in the highest echelons of the United States scientific community, a foot ball stadium is the go-to metric to communicate area.
  • Damn the US Navy really just saw the ocean and was like "I want one"
  • @jooniexim
    This really makes me realize how incredibly intelligent humans are. To know the nature and derive equations and make these equipments for maximum safety it’s just beyond imagination which is made possible by humans if you really think about it, amazingly fearless and brave.
  • @_jok_3r
    Maybe I'm just old or it's my love for the ocean, but this video got to my emotions. Also, just made me happy that the person being interviewed, seems to really love his job, and was probably so thrilled to be able to share a bit of the fascinating work he does. Really enjoyed this video.
  • @TimeBucks
    This is actually an amazing feat of engineering
  • I really fear open water or even like vast deep dark bodies of water in general so this wave pool is terrifying to look at but at the same time I'm annoyingly interested in it so it's like I'm scared but I can't stop looking 😂
  • @CptSchmidt
    You know this guy loves his job when even his shirt is wind and waves. What a cool guy.
  • The most interesting takeaway for me was, that different oceans require different strategies/ships. Until now, my perception of boat ranged from small to big, but not in the dimension of place of operation.
  • This is important for those of us who have been out in the ocean and facing 50-70' waves. The US Navy has lost 16 ships due to weather since 1900 and many more prior to that. So as a former sailor I can understand how important this pool and the study of Hull design is.
  • don't let that indoor pool scare you, there's only a single great white shark swimming in it
  • @zekrodev
    It blew me away when I saw them standing next to the model and it was way larger than it appeared in the pool. In the pool it looks so tiny but that also made me realize how large the waves actually can become in there. Very amazing.
  • @afz902k
    When I see long distance, low frequency waves carrying energy all the way from a storm to the coastline, that's just swell.
  • @dziubo1
    Shout out to Miguel! You are so nice to hear and learn from you, a reall keen and open personality to explain curiousities of your work!
  • As an engineering student - It's really fascinating to see some of these concepts in actual practice. In all of his content. I remember learning about Fr numbers last year and seeing how these scaling's for video time and vehicle speed represent the full scale models so accurately is so cool. I swear I learn better from his videos than I do from my actual classes 😂
  • I have the pleasure of visiting this facility while working for NOAA. We were testing new current meters there. That was many years ago. The capacity for test and research was and continues to impress.
  • So cool, love Miguel 's reaction to that model "much bigger than this would terrify me". His ability to scale the pool to the real world is so second nature, what a unique and amazing job.
  • @AmoghA
    I studied fluid dynamics, oscillations and waves and this is by far the coolest and most practical application of the theory. MinutePhysics made a video a while back about the pattern of wake trails ships and boats leave behind and the physics behind it. I loved wathcing how the theory I did on paper checks out the real world phenomenon. I believe that if more schools and universities taught this way, the world will have better and more able people in science.
  • Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.