Evaluation of Glider Coatings Against Biofouling for Improved Flight Performance

Abstract

Autonomous buoyancy-driven gliders are becoming an increasingly important platform for the Navy for semi-continuous oceanographic observations and a host of applications. Glider systems in use suffer in flight performance from biofouling. We evaluated the coatings of the 3 glider types currently in use. Results from the lab assays showed, only the not-toxic CS#1 coating showed results comparable to the Silastic T2 PDMSe standard Results of water jet field testing showed no coatings performed as a true foul-release coating in comparison to the foul-release standard Intersleek More effective antifouling coating on the gliders is recommended to improve flight performance

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 2011
Accession Number
ADA547644

Entities

People

  • Dean E Wendt
  • Mark A. Moline

Organizations

  • California Polytechnic State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antifouling
  • Antifouling Coatings
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Biological Sciences
  • Coatings
  • Fouling
  • Fouling Organisms
  • Materials
  • Nitrile Rubber
  • Observation
  • Platforms
  • Standards
  • Static Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Water Jets

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Surface Coatings Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy