MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURES AND HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES ON A SHIPLIKE MODEL OSCILLATING IN A FREE SURFACE.

Abstract

A shiplike model was forced to oscillate in heave in still water to investigate the distribution of pressures, heaving forces, added-mass and damping coefficients along the length of the model. The heaving forces and phase angles measured at several sections are compared with values for corresponding two-dimensional cylinders of shiplike cross-sections calculated theoretically and experimentally confirmed. Results obtained from 3-dimensional theory and strip calculation are also provided for comparison. The total force, added-mass and damping coefficients are obtained in two ways: first, by direct force measurement and then, by integrating the vertical components of pressures over the wetted surface of the model. Reasonable agreement has been found between these two different approaches. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618418

Entities

People

  • Hou-wen Huang

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Coefficients
  • Geometry
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.