Water Flow Patterns on a Towed Cylinder.

Abstract

A series of tests were recently conducted to measure lift and drag forces on a towed circular cylinder, with towing attachment at one end. The studies are aimed at determining the minimal size of tail and body structure that might possibly be used for a dense fish having a cylindrical transducer. This memorandum does not cover the initial tests, results of which will be included in a report after other investigations have been completed; it does discuss an interesting phenomenon in the nature of water flow pattern traces that occurred on the cylinder during the towing tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 1964
Accession Number
ADA071349

Entities

People

  • Kirk T. Patton

Organizations

  • Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminates
  • Aluminum
  • Attachment
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Corrosion
  • Flow
  • New York
  • Photographs
  • Salt Water
  • Stagnation Point
  • Transducers
  • Underwater Sound
  • Water
  • Water Flow

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design