Mission Statement
The objective of the American Towing Tank Conference (ATTC) is to promote
exchange of knowledge and stimulate research for the purpose of improving methods of
model-and full-scale experiments and numerical modeling used for predicting full-scale
performance of ships and marine installations. This includes the design of facilities,
equipment, instrumentation, experimental techniques, and uncertainty assessment,
correlation of testing, verification, validation, and application of methods of predicting
full-scale performance, and formulating collective policy on matters of common interest.
Activities
The Conference seeks to attain its objective by holding formal meetings and
through the encouragement of informal working relationships amount the Member
Establishments. The Conference is a purely communicative body; it has no authority or
financial sponsorship; its membership is voluntary and self-supporting.
Membership
The ATTC is a voluntary association of Member Establishments (with
experimental facilities) having responsibility in the prediction of full-scale performance
of ships and marine installations. Membership in the Conference is by Member
Establishment and is open to all such establishments on the American Continents. All of
the Member Establishments agree to the free and full exchange of all information on the
foregoing subjects, except that which is proprietary or classified.