Micro-bubble resistance reduction on a model SES catamaran

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2297-2309

  Latorre, Robert ^a   Miller, Aaron ^b   Philips, Richard ^c  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^b Orion Marine Technology   (United States)

^c Naval Underwater Warfare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Micro bubble drag reduction; Surface effect ships

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DRAG; VISCOUS FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CATAMARAN; COATING; DRAG REDUCTION; HULL;

BUBBLE; CATAMARAN; COATING; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HULL;

EID: 0142120497     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(03)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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