Research basins of Ukraine: current state and development prospects

Experimental basins are one of the largest experimental facilities and are designed to study the seaworthiness of ships. There are currently four research basins operating in Ukraine. A brief description of the technical capabilities of the existing basins and the most significant results obtained is presented. Unfortunately, the shipbuilding industry of Ukraine is not going through the best of times, which has a negative effect on the work of research basins. The article considers possible ways to expand the subject of research in research basins. In particular, the results of research into the aerodynamics of aircraft and hovercraft using hydrodynamic experiment methods are presented. The possibilities of research in the experimental basin of the process of interaction of wave fields generated by the ship with shores and artificial breakwaters are also demonstrated. It is emphasized that an important aspect in the development of experimental basins is the creation of an automated system for collecting and processing experimental data