A COMPARISON OF SOME MODEL AND FULL SCALE HULL BOUNDARY LAYER MEASUREMENTS

The paper is divided into four main parts. The first reviews a number of established facts about turbulent boundary layers. The next deals with some model tests, and the following section presents theoretical results for the boundary layer on smooth hull at model and ship scales. The final section discusses full-scale results in relation to the model and theoretical results.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also published in Proceedings of North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, V90, pp 51-58, and D15-D16, 1973/74.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Physical Laboratory, England

  Ship Division
  Teddington, Middlesex,   England 
• Authors:
  • Gadd, G E
• Publication Date: 1973-11-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boundary layer; Hulls; Ships; Structural models; Turbulence; Turbulent boundary layer
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship models
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull boundary layers; Model testing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00071707
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NPL-SHIP-179
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 6 1974 12:00AM