Mo-Sai is a method of producing precast concrete cladding panels. It was patented by John Joseph Earley in 1940. The Mo-Sai institute later refined Earley's method and became the leader in exposed aggregate concrete . The Mo-Sai Institute, an organization of precast concrete manufacturers, adhered to the Mo-Sai method of producing the exposed aggregate precast concrete panels.
7-678: A pivotal development in this technique occurred in 1938, when the administration buildings at the David Taylor Model Basin were built with panels used as permanent forms for cast-in-place walls. This was the first use of the Mo-Sai manufacturing technique produced in collaboration with the Dextrone Company of New Haven, Connecticut . Working from this background, the Dextone Company refined and obtained patents and copyrights in 1940 for
14-438: A movable section of the beach is a fitting out dry dock . Its carriage can provide speeds up to 20 knots. The High-Speed Basin comprises two adjoining sections: a deep water section and a shallow water section. Wavemaking capability exists in this basin, and there are three large underwater viewing windows at different elevations which are set into the wall about mid-length. The high-speed carriages can provide complex motions for
21-594: Is a field activity of the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center . In 1896, David Watson Taylor designed and supervised construction of the Washington Navy Yard 's Experimental Model Basin which was at that time the best facility in the world. That facility was a significant design testing capability before, during, and after World War I . Inadequacies in that facility led
28-654: The Hartford National Bank and Trust Hartford, CT (1967) and the PanAm Building in New York City (1962). This article about a civil engineering topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . David Taylor Model Basin The David Taylor Model Basin ( DTMB ) is one of the largest ship model basins —test facilities for the development of ship design—in the world. DTMB
35-487: The Shallow Water Basin: deep water, shallow water, and a J -shaped turning basin used for steering maneuvers. Its carriage can provide speeds up to 18 knots . The Deep Water Basin wavemaker located along the side, and a wave absorbing beach at the other. The wavemaker consists of 216 electro-mechanical panels called wave boards. This capability allows modeling of regular or irregular sea states. Located behind
42-938: The methods under which the Mo-Sai Associates, later known as Mo-Sai Institute Inc. The Mo-Sai Institute grew to include a number of licensed manufacturing firms throughout the United States. Buildings featuring Mo-Sai panels include the Columbine Building in Colorado Springs (1960), Prudential Building in Toronto, Ontario , Canada (1960), Denver Hilton Hotel (now the Sheraton Denver) in Denver, Colorado (1960), Los Angeles Temple (1956), Equitable Center in Portland, Oregon (1964),
49-499: The navy to look for a new model capability. The new navy modeling facility—named for David Taylor—was built in 1939 in today's community of Carderock just west of Bethesda, Maryland in Montgomery County . The Carderock facility contains multiple test basins (towing tanks for models) designed for a variety of testing capabilities. DTMB has strongly influenced naval architecture for 70 years. Three adjoining sections comprise
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