EFFECTS OF DISTRIBUTED ROUGHNESS ON THE SKIN FRICTION OF SHIPS

A method for calculating boundary layer characteristics and skin friction resistance is presented. It can be used for ships with smooth, rough or partly rough hull surfaces and is based upon the technique of conformal mapping.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Kauczynski, W
  • Walderhaug, H
• Publication Date: 1987-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • International Shipbuilding Progress
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: No.389
  • Publisher: IOS Press
  • ISSN: 0020-868X
  • Serial URL: http://www.iospress.nl/journal/international-shipbuilding-progress/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Hulls; Roughness; Skin resistance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Conformal mapping
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull roughness
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00652739
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM