A COMPARISON OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS ON BODIES OF REVOLUTION

A wide range of experimental pressure distributions along axisymmetric bodies was compared with the results of Landweber's potential flow calculation method. Apart from certain viscous effects, some discrepancies were found, and it is shown that blockage corrections are of the right order to account for these discrepancies. The calculation method was also used to show that the pressure distribution over the nose of the body is largely independent of the tail shape, and vice versa.

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  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Smits, A J
  • Law, S P
  • Joubert, P N
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 60-65
• Serial:
  • Journal of Ship Research
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
  • ISSN: 0022-4502
  • EISSN: 1542-0604
  • Serial URL: https://onepetro.org/jsr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bodies of revolution; Potential flow; Pressure
• Uncontrolled Terms: Blockage; Pressure distribution
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310511
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1980 12:00AM