Model test of the surface and submerged vehicles with the micro-bubble drag reduction

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-93

  Wu, Sheng Ju ^a   Hsu, Cheng Hsing ^b   Lin, Tsung Te ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Micro bubbles; Skin friction drag; Turbulent boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DRAG; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION; MICRO-BUBBLE; SKIN FRICTION DRAG;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DRAG; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUBBLE; DRAG; FLUID MECHANICS; MODEL; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33751214819     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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