Experimental Determination of the Hydrodynamic Loading Functions for TMB Number 7 Fairing Shape.

Abstract

This report is concerned with experiments on the TMB Number 7 Fairing Shape including experiments for a cable angle of zero degrees to obtain the lower boundary value of the tangential loading function. This report describes the subject fairing model, the cable fairing and towing girder dynamometers, the instrumentation, the experimental procedure and method; gives sample plots used to obtain the loading expressions of normal and tangential forces versus model submergence for various speeds; presents graphically, fairing drag coefficient versus Reynolds number and normal and tangential loading functions; and provides the mathematical expressions, with coefficients, for the loading functions and drag coefficients.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA067154

Entities

People

  • David W Taylor
  • Donald E. Gray

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cable Fairings
  • Cables
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Curve Fitting
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamometers
  • Equations
  • Fairings
  • Free Stream
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.