Predicting the Drift of Person-in-Water for Search and Rescue

Abstract

This report focused on three topics of interest: (1) Establishing the wind drag coefficient and current drag coefficient of Person-In-Water model through water channel test; (2) Investigation of accumulating effect of upstream disturbance on flow in the region of flow stagnation; and (3) Preliminary field test plans to verify the predicted floating body drift.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 06, 1992
Accession Number
ADA249613

Entities

Organizations

  • Florida Atlantic University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Coast Guard
  • Coefficients
  • Drag
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Floating Bodies
  • Military Research
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scale Models
  • Search And Rescue
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Universities

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design