Experimental Study of Froude Number Modeling for Cylinders Planing on Water

Abstract

It is the purpose of the present investigation to extend the range of Froude number variation on planing cylinders and show where such modeling is highly significant as well as to show the required test conditions to make inertial forces predominant so that there is no detectable further variation in lift coefficient due to increasing the Froude number. The tests were conducted so as to reveal scale effects other than those due to Froude number variation, but further investigation is required for complete identification and separation of the effects responsible for the observed variations which were not attributable to Froude number.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1952
Accession Number
AD0495707

Entities

People

  • Taras Kiceniuk

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pressure
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Bodies
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Data Analysis
  • Depression
  • Diameters
  • Froude Number
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Planing Surfaces
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reynolds Number
  • Surface Tension
  • Surface Waters
  • Water Tunnels

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  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Theoretical Analysis.