Inside The Navy's Indoor Ocean

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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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Written by Derek Muller & Emily Zhang
Edited by Fabio Albertelli
Animation by Ivy Tello & Mike Radjabov
Filmed by Derek Muller & Emily Zhang
Additional video/photos supplied by Pond5 & Getty Images
Music from Epidemic Sound
Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang

[starplayzreadbio]

Why does everything seem interesting a day before exam

[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.

[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.

[kingdomlol]

Damn the US Navy really just saw the ocean and was like "I want one"

[knicklichtjedi]

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.

[CptSchmidt]

You know this guy loves his job when even his shirt is wind and waves. What a cool guy.

[Sauc_d]

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.

[steventrostle]

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.

[TimeBucks]

This is actually an amazing feat of engineering

[TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

don't let that indoor pool scare you, there's only a single great white shark swimming in it

[tardiscommand]

Super friendly place to work, something is always waving at you in the morning.

[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.

[jadesimone_]

i know absolutely nothing about the navy, or boats…but this is interesting af 😭

[stapesstreams]

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 😂

[sushiburps]

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.

[garydingle]

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.

[anthonylombardo]

I literally live across the street from this place and got a tour in elementary school!! It’s terrifying walking along side it just knowing how deep and how much water there truly is

[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.

[lindasamba]

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 😂

[Fitterbell]

This is perfect for people who want to get into surfing but are too scared to actually surf on the ocean.