Elijah Andrews, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of Michigan works with Carderock at the LCC

Elijah Andrews, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, teams up Carderock for the Cavitation Erosion project at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Large Cavitation Channel at its detachment in Memphis, Tenn., July 23, 2024. Andrews highlights the advantages of testing across different scales and praises the collaborative efforts with the Carderock team. Carderock's LCC is the world’s largest and most advanced high-speed, variable-pressure water tunnel facility, and is crucial for testing the Navy's ship and submarine propellers and their interactions with hulls at scales matching the largest towing and turning basins around the globe. Carderock houses some of the nation's most advanced facilities for research, development, testing, and evaluation. These resources, spread across Carderock's headquarters and seven detachments, give the Navy a clear edge in developing the next generation of surface ships and submarines. (U.S. Navy video by Travis Troller & Devin Pisner)