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Book Mitigation Of Hydrodynamic Resistance  Methods To Reduce Hydrodynamic Drag

Download or read book Mitigation Of Hydrodynamic Resistance Methods To Reduce Hydrodynamic Drag written by Marc Perlin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents the state of the art in friction drag/resistance reduction technologies for BODIES and crafts operating in liquids at and beneath the free surface. It is useful for professionals with backgrounds in advanced fluid dynamics as well as by academics teaching introductory graduate courses in this area. Active control of resistance will include a discussion of friction reduction, for example through the injection of gas that can form air layers and polymers that initially reside adjacent to the hull, including the use of partial and super cavities. The book discusses passive resistance control achieved through changes in the overall hull shape and appendages, including the application of lifting bodies, bulbous bows, and stern flaps. It also addresses passive reduction of skin friction through the application of hull coatings and other elements of hull husbandry.

Book Final Report

Download or read book Final Report written by Loren A. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fluid dynamic Drag

Download or read book Fluid dynamic Drag written by Sighard F. Hoerner and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Swimming and Flying in Nature

Download or read book Swimming and Flying in Nature written by Theodore Wu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symposium on Swimming and Flying in Nature which was held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California from July 8-12, 1974 was conceived with the objective of providing an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of funda mental biological and fluid mechanical aspects of these forms of natura110comotion. It was the earnest hope of all concerned in the organization of the Symposium that the exchange of knowledge and interaction of ideas from the disciplines involved would stimu late new research in this developing field. If the liveliness of the discussion generated among the 250 or so participants is any measure, then this objective was fulfilled to a significant degree. These two companion volumes contain the manuscripts of the papers presented during the Symposium. It is hoped that this permanent record will serve to perpetuate the enthusiasm and active thought generated during those days in Pasadena. The first volume contains the proceedings of the first two days of the confer ence (Sessions I to IV) which concentrated on the locomotion of micro-organisms. The second volume (Sessions V to VIII) deals with the propulsion of larger fish, insects and birds. Professor Sir James Lighthill's Special Invited Lecture which opened the Symposium is contained in the second volume, rather than the first, since it deals with natural flight.

Book Mitigation of Hydrodynamic Resistance

Download or read book Mitigation of Hydrodynamic Resistance written by Marc Perlin and published by World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2015 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents the state of the art in friction drag/resistance reduction technologies for BODIES and crafts operating in liquids at and beneath the free surface. It is useful for professionals with backgrounds in advanced fluid dynamics as well as by academics teaching introductory graduate courses in this area. Active control of resistance will include a discussion of friction reduction, for example through the injection of gas that can form air layers and polymers that initially reside adjacent to the hull, including the use of partial and super cavities. The book discusses passive resistance control achieved through changes in the overall hull shape and appendages, including the application of lifting bodies, bulbous bows, and stern flaps. It also addresses passive reduction of skin friction through the application of hull coatings and other elements of hull husbandry.

Book Turbulent Drag Reduction by Surfactant Additives

Download or read book Turbulent Drag Reduction by Surfactant Additives written by Feng-Chen Li and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turbulent drag reduction by additives has long been a hot research topic. This phenomenon is inherently associated with multifold expertise. Solutions of drag-reducing additives are usually viscoelastic fluids having complicated rheological properties. Exploring the characteristics of drag-reduced turbulent flows calls for uniquely designed experimental and numerical simulation techniques and elaborate theoretical considerations. Pertinently understanding the turbulent drag reduction mechanism necessities mastering the fundamentals of turbulence and establishing a proper relationship between turbulence and the rheological properties induced by additives. Promoting the applications of the drag reduction phenomenon requires the knowledge from different fields such as chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, municipal engineering, and so on. This book gives a thorough elucidation of the turbulence characteristics and rheological behaviors, theories, special techniques and application issues for drag-reducing flows by surfactant additives based on the state-of-the-art of scientific research results through the latest experimental studies, numerical simulations and theoretical analyses. Covers turbulent drag reduction, heat transfer reduction, complex rheology and the real-world applications of drag reduction Introduces advanced testing techniques, such as PIV, LDA, and their applications in current experiments, illustrated with multiple diagrams and equations Real-world examples of the topic’s increasingly important industrial applications enable readers to implement cost- and energy-saving measures Explains the tools before presenting the research results, to give readers coverage of the subject from both theoretical and experimental viewpoints Consolidates interdisciplinary information on turbulent drag reduction by additives Turbulent Drag Reduction by Surfactant Additives is geared for researchers, graduate students, and engineers in the fields of Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Turbulence, Chemical Engineering, Municipal Engineering. Researchers and practitioners involved in the fields of Flow Control, Chemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, and Rheology will also find this book to be a much-needed reference on the topic.

Book Boundary Layer Flow over Elastic Surfaces

Download or read book Boundary Layer Flow over Elastic Surfaces written by Viktor V. Babenko and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2012-09-29 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While other methods of drag reduction are well-known in marine R&D and ship design environments worldwide, compliant coating drag reduction remains less well-known and poorly understood. This important book presents cutting-edge techniques and findings from research sources not generally accessible by Western researchers and engineers, aiding the application and further development of this potentially important technology. Beginning with an introduction to drag reduction that places the authors’ work on elastic surfaces and combined techniques in context, the book moves on to provide a comprehensive study of drag reduction through elastic coating with both flow and material properties considered. Coverage includes: Experimental findings around coherent vortical structures (CVS) in turbulent boundary layers and methods of controlling them Static and dynamic mechanical characteristics of elastic composite coatings, as well as new techniques and devices developed for their measurement Combined methods of flow control and drag reduction, including the effect of injection of polymer solutions, elastic coatings and generated longitudinal vortical structures on hydrodynamic resistance Intended as a reference for senior engineers and researchers concerned with the drag reduction and the dynamics of turbulent boundary layer flows, Boundary Layer Flow over Elastic Surfaces provides a unique source of information on compliant surface drag reduction and the experimental techniques around it that have shown measurable and repeatable improvements over recent years. This compilation of research findings and new techniques developed for measurement will aid R&D engineers, naval architects and senior designers in their quest to achieve drag reductions that will deliver significant efficiency savings. Unique source of information on compliant surface drag reduction—an important area of technology with practical application to ships—from otherwise inaccessible research studies Updates the knowledge-base on boundary layer flow and surface friction reduction, critical topics in the global quest for increased ship efficiency and fuel economy Reveals new techniques and devices developed for measurement and provides a comprehensive study of drag reduction through elastic coating with both flow and material properties covered

Book Fluid dynamic Drag  Practical Information on Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Resistance

Download or read book Fluid dynamic Drag Practical Information on Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Resistance written by Sighard F. HOERNER and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Passive and Active Approaches to Sustained Turbulent Hydrodynamic Drag Reduction Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Download or read book Passive and Active Approaches to Sustained Turbulent Hydrodynamic Drag Reduction Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces written by Dhananjai V. Saranadhi and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superhydrophobic surfaces have been shown to trap a pocket of air (or a "plastron") in between the features of their rough texture when submerged in water. A partial slip condition is created at the interface between the water and the submerged body, allowing for a reduction in skin friction drag. I begin by identifying and fabricating several superhydrophobic surfaces, and testing their ability to reduce skin friction in turbulent flows using a bespoke Taylor-Couette apparatus. These superhydrophobic surfaces possess different surface topographies and chemistry, and exhibit different amount of drag reduction, leading to a deeper investigation of the role of surface chemistry and the roughness on the robustness of the plastron. The mean square slope as the driving roughness parameter in promoting plastron stability, and suggest methods by which it may be increased in order to optimize drag-reducing performance. The air plastron captured by a passive superhydrophobic surface represents one way of creating a slip boundary condition. An active approach can be used to augment slip at the boundary. With this approach, a submerged body is heated past its Leidenfrost temperature to form a thick, continuous film of steam between itself and the water. I continue to employ superhydrophobic surfaces, but now exploit their unique heat transfer properties (i.e. the insulation to heat transfer provided by the minimal contact area between the body and the surrounding water) to drastically reduce the Leidenfrost Temperature and Critical Heat Flux, and by extension the energy input required to create and sustain such a boiling film. In the active case, vapor film completely envelops the heated body and is thicker than a typical passive plastron, which allows for a significant increase in obtained drag reduction relative to a passive superhydrophobic surface. I design and fabricate a mechanism by which a Taylor-Couette rotor can be heated past its Leidenfrost point and continuously supplied with power to maintain a boiling film under rotation rates of 60 rad/s. The results show that skin friction can be reduced by over 90% relative to an unheated superhydrophobic surface at Re = 52,200, and I derive a boundary layer and slip theory to fit the data to a model that calculates a slip length of 1.04 ± 0.3 mm. This indicates that the boiling film has a thickness of 37 ± 9.5 [mu]m, which is consistent with literature.

Book Experimental Hydrodynamics for Flow Around Bodies

Download or read book Experimental Hydrodynamics for Flow Around Bodies written by Viktor V. Babenko and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental Hydrodynamics for Flow around Bodies explains complex novel experimental methodologies to solve a wide range of important flow problems in industry and research. The book starts by examining the fundamental physical laws necessary for the optimization of techniques for hydro-aeromechanics, heat engineering, and other disciplines related to flow. The reader is then provided with detailed explanations of novel experimental methods, along with the results of physical research. These results are also necessary for the construction of theoretical models that provide improved descriptions for numerous problems in various scientific fields. Frequent discussions, examples of practical applications throughout the text, and foundational, theoretical materials help a range of readers engage and apply these methods to problems in fields including drag reduction, noiseless movement, optimal maneuvering, intense heat transfer, control of separated vortices, wind power, economical energy consumption, and more. Provides instructions on the set up of innovative experiments for drag reduction that will be of great interest to researchers in aerospace, marine and automotive engineering Describes, in detail, a variety of novel experiments to investigate boundary layer flow, together with experimental data that can be used with computational models Assists with bio-inspired hydrodynamic design by providing models of a waving fin mover and investigations of analogs of hydrobiont skin covers

Book Biomimicry for Aerospace

Download or read book Biomimicry for Aerospace written by Vikram Shyam and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-02-19 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The solutions to technical challenges posed by flight and space exploration tend to be multidimensional, multifunctional, and increasingly focused on the interaction of systems and their environment. The growing discipline of biomimicry focuses on what humanity can learn from the natural world. Biomimicry for Aerospace: Technologies and Applications features the latest advances of bioinspired materials–properties relationships for aerospace applications. Readers will get a deep dive into the utility of biomimetics to solve a number of technical challenges in aeronautics and space exploration. Part I: Biomimicry in Aerospace: Education, Design, and Inspiration provides an educational background to biomimicry applied for aerospace applications. Part II: Biomimetic Design: Aerospace and Other Practical Applications discusses applications and practical aspects of biomimetic design for aerospace and terrestrial applications and its cross-disciplinary nature. Part III: Biomimicry and Foundational Aerospace Disciplines covers snake-inspired robots, biomimetic advances in photovoltaics, electric aircraft cooling by bioinspired exergy management, and surrogate model-driven bioinspired optimization algorithms for large-scale and complex problems. Finally, Part IV: Bio-Inspired Materials, Manufacturing, and Structures reviews nature-inspired materials and processes for space exploration, gecko-inspired adhesives, bioinspired automated integrated circuit manufacturing on the Moon and Mars, and smart deployable space structures inspired by nature. Introduces educational aspects of bio-inspired design for novel and practical technologies Presents a series of bio-inspired technologies applicable to the field of aerospace engineering Provides an introduction to nature-inspired design and engineering and its relevance to planning and developing the next generation of robotic and human space missions

Book An Experimental Investigation of Devices for Reducing the Hydrodynamic Resistance of Amphibious Vehicles

Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of Devices for Reducing the Hydrodynamic Resistance of Amphibious Vehicles written by D. N. Contractor and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tests were run on a model of a typical amphibious vehicle in order to determine bow configurations which would result in lower vehicle resistance. Tests were run with both fixed and towed models. The Froude number was varied and the resistance and trim angle, if any, were measured. Five bow plans and four bow profiles were chosen and eight bows were built and tested in a fixed position. Four of these bows were representative of the bows of present prototype craft and the other four were not. The latter bows all had less resistance than the best typical bow at a Froude number of 0.55. Towing tests of these two bows corroborated the results of the fixed model tests. (Author).

Book Food  Medical  and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides

Download or read book Food Medical and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides written by Kunal Pal and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Polysaccharides provides a detailed resource for those interested in the design and preparation of polysaccharides for state-of-the-art applications. The book begins with an introductory section covering sources, chemistry, architectures, bioactivity, and chemical modifications of polysaccharides. Subsequent parts of the book are organized by field, with chapters focusing on specific applications across food, medicine, and the environment. This is an extremely valuable book for researchers, scientists, and advanced students in biopolymers, polymer science, polymer chemistry, biomaterials, materials science, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, cosmetics, medicine, food science, and environmental science. This important class of biopolymer can offer attractive properties and modification potential, enabling its use in groundbreaking areas across food, medical, and environmental fields. The book will be of interest to scientists, R&D professionals, designers, and engineers who utilize polysaccharide-based materials. Presents comprehensive information of the polymeric structures and properties that can be developed from polysaccharides Offers systematic coverage of classification, synthesis, and characterization, enabling targeted design and preparation of polysaccharides for specific applications Explores advanced methods, for novel applications across food, medicine, and the environment

Book Hydrodynamic Aspects of Drag Reduction with Additives

Download or read book Hydrodynamic Aspects of Drag Reduction with Additives written by Paul S.. Granville and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hydrodynamic aspects are presented of drag reduction with additives. The fundamental properties of this remarkable phenomenon are described. A brief history is outlined from anomalous results in pipe flow, through strange effects in the Texas oilfields and to the current research efforts. Correlation by means of the velocity similarity laws of turbulent flow is explained for drag reduction in pipe flow and for the boundary layers on bodies.The limits of drag reduction are also explained on the basis of the interactive similarity law. The peculiar role of viscoelasticity is examined. Naval architectural applications are reviewed.

Book Drag Reduction in Fluid Flows

Download or read book Drag Reduction in Fluid Flows written by Robert H. J. Sellin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rheology of Drag Reducing Fluids

Download or read book Rheology of Drag Reducing Fluids written by Aroon Shenoy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​This book explains theoretical derivations and presents expressions for fluid and convective turbulent flow of mildly elastic fluids in various internal and external flow situations involving different types of geometries, such as the smooth/rough circular pipes, annular ducts, curved tubes, vertical flat plates, and channels. Understanding the methodology of the analyses facilitates appreciation for the rationale used for deriving expressions of parameters relevant to the turbulent flow of mildly elastic fluids. This knowledge serves as a driving force for developing new ideas, investigating new situations, and extending theoretical analyses to other unexplored areas of the rheology of mildly elastic drag reducing fluids.The book suits a range of functions--it can be used to teach elective upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses for chemical engineers, material scientists, mechanical engineers, and polymer scientists; guide researchers unexposed to this alluring and interesting area of drag reduction; and serve as a reference to all who want to explore and expand the areas dealt with in this book.

Book Maritime Information Review

Download or read book Maritime Information Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: