Smoke nuisance test on model of ‘State of Bombay’
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The ‘State of Bombay’ was a passenger vessel built in 1975 by MAZAGON DOCK (MUMBAI, INDIA). Its gross tonnage was 9500 tons. The current status of the ship is: Decommissioned or lost. The image states that a smoke nuisance test was carried out on a model of the ’State of Bombay’ by the Department of Applied Mechanics at IIT Madras. The test was carried out in a 1.5m diameter test-section of the closed-circuit, low-speed wind tunnel. The tunnel was capable of a maximum speed of 60m/s and was provided with a semi-automatic six-component balance.
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Central Photographic Section Collection
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Photograph ID:
001/0040/IMG_1167_1
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Date:
January 1976
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