Speed Measurement Equipment
Speed Measurement Equipment
Equipment
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Pitometer logs
Pitometer logs (also known as pit logs) are devices used to measure a ship's speed
relative to the water. They are used on both surface ships and submarines. Data
from the pitometer log is usually fed directly into the ship's navigation system.
Speed logs
Speed logs, also known as ship logs, chip logs, or common logs, measure the
speed of a vessel. The speed is determined with reference to water flowing by the
hull (water reference speed) or to the seabed (ground reference speed). Such
equipment is referred to as a log due to the obsolete practice of using wood logs
for detecting how fast a ship is moving. During the age of sailing, the sailors
would throw logs overboard after attaching them to a rope with knots at fixed
intervals. Ships speed was gauged by the total number of knots that passed by
over a specific amount of time. This method led to the introduction of the knot as
theu nit of measure for vessel speed (1 knot=1 nautical mile per hour). The design
of the instruments employed in estimating the speed was standardized over time.
A piece of lead attached to the bottom of the log improve water drag, resulting in
greater reading accuracy.
Speed logs
Doppler log
Doppler log is an instrument, used in ships, to measure ship's relative speed with
water (in which it is travelling) by the use of Doppler effects on
transmitted/reflected sound waves. Display of a dual axis Doppler speed log
which shows the vessels movement in the Fore and Aft as well as the Athwartship
direction.
Ship impeller