Boundary Layer Flow over Elastic Surfaces: Compliant Surfaces and Combined Methods for Marine Vessel Drag Reduction - Hardcover

Ho-Hwan Chun

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123948061 ISBN 13: 9780123948069

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012

Synopsis

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; and, 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. This book provides: unique source of information on compliant surface drag reduction - an important area of technology with practical application to ships - from otherwise inaccessible research studies; and, 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. It 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.

About this title

About the Author

Emeritus Professor and former Department Head, Institute of Hydromechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Visiting Professor in Advanced Ship Engineering Research Center (ASERC) , Pusan National University, Korea. Director, Advanced Ship Engineering Research Center (ASERC) and Professor, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea; Editor of International Journal of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering and former Deputy Editor of Journal of Marine Science Technology; Fellow of Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) and Member of SNAME; Committee member for multiple International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) specialist conferences. Associate Professor, Advanced Ship Engineering Research Center (ASERC), Pusan National University, Korea; Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123948061
• ISBN 13: 9780123948069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512