AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER ON A SHIP MODEL

The purpose of the investigation has been to produce a test case for boundary layer calculations on ship-like bodies. A 2 m double model of a cargo liner has been investigated in a wind tunnel at a Reynolds number of 5 million. Boundary layer velocity profiles and static pressure have been measured at a large number of points distributed over the whole surface. An account is given of the experimental technique, and the results are presented in some detail. First, however, a summary is given of the theory for three-dimensional turbulent boundary layers and of previous work in this area.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also pub. as ISSN-0373-4714. Paper presented at the Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (11th) held at London, on 28 March - 2 April 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish State Shipbuilding Experimental Tank

  P.O. Box 24001
  S-40022 Goteborg 24,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Larsson, L
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 50 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boundary layer; Boundary layer flow; Cargo ships; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical analysis; Meetings; Three dimensional flow; Turbulence; Turbulent boundary layer; Velocity; Wind tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrodynamic configurations; Model testing
• Subject Areas: Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143342
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SSPA-Pub-76, ISBN-91-38-03034-9
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM