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Back Measurement of Drag Force on Coated Surfaces and Its Application for Logistic Transportation Using UUVs
Fiscal Year | 2018 |
Division | Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science |
Department | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Investigator(s) | Kwon, Young W. |
Sponsor | Office of Naval Research (Navy) |
Summary | The proposed work has two major objectives. The first objective is to assess the drag reduction on coated surfaces, which was fabricated at UMass - Lowell, using a water-channel test set-up developed at NPS. The second objective is to apply the coating technique for logistics such as transporting supplies using an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV). To efficiently and clandestinely operate a UUV near the shore, it must have a method to deal with the periodic wave-induced loads. Ignoring these effects, specifically the vertical force and pitching moment, can result in the UUV accidentally broaching the surface and exposing its position. |
Keywords | Frictional drag force Unmanned Underwater Vehicle super-hydrophobic |
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