XR-3 Bow Seal Performance as a Function of Seal Geometry.

Abstract

A series of tests was conducted to determine the effects of bow seal shape upon the performance of the XR-3 captured air bubble testcraft. The life and drag forces experienced by the bow seal, plotted versus velocity, are presented and analyzed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064861

Entities

People

  • Carl Eric Gaenslen
  • John Arthur Fjelde

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Cushion Vehicles
  • Air Pressure
  • Amplifiers
  • Calculators
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Ground Effect Machines
  • Load Cells
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Recording Systems
  • Ships
  • Surface Effect Ships
  • Tape Recorders
  • Trailing Edges
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics