Experimental study on microbubbles and their applicability to ships for skin friction reduction

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 582-588

  Kodama, Yoshiaki ^a   Kakugawa, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Takahito ^a   Kawashima, Hideki ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microbubble; Ship; Skin friction reduction; Void ratio

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NAVAL ARCHITECTURE;

MICROBUBBLES; SKIN FRICTION REDUCTION;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

ANTIFRICTION MATERIAL; BUBBLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SKIN FRICTION; VESSEL;

BUBBLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRICTION; VESSEL;

EID: 0034306766     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(00)00048-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. Gas saturation effect on near-wall turbulence characteristics
2. Microbubble skin friction reduction on an axisymmetric body under the influence of applied axial pressure gradients
3. Effect of particle size on modulating turbulent intensity
4. Reduction of skin friction by microbubbles and its relation with near-wall bubble concentration in a channel
5. Frictional drag reduction by injecting bubbly water into turbulent boundary layer
6. Effect of microbubble cluster on turbulent flow structure
7. Drag reduction of a submersible hull by electrolysis
8. Drag reduction in liquid boundary layers by gas injection
9. Bubble characteristics and trajectories in a microbubble boundary layer
10. Streamwise distribution of the skin friction reduction by microbubbles
11. Experimental skin friction reduction by microbubbles using a ship with a flat bottom
12. Measurements of drag reduction of microbubbles using very long ship models