On the form factor scale effect |
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| Authors: | A García-Gmez |
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| Institution: | a Canal de Experiencias Hidrodinámicas de El Pardo, Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Four geosim families, with fully available resistance test results, have been re-analyzed to check the possible scale effect on the form factor. The form factor determined by Prohaska's method, with exponent n=4 and ITTC'57 correlation line, increases with the model size in all four cases analyzed. Because of its high correlation coefficient, a linear variation of the form factor with the scale is assumed. It is possible to have a first estimation of the ship's form factor extrapolating for λ=1 in the regression line. Form factor Reynolds number dependency will always be associated with a friction line. Using the ITTC'57 correlation line, the following equation KS−KM=1.91·(λ−1)·10−3 can be used to estimate the scale effect on the form factor. Calculations carried out, for axisymetric bodies, with some CFD codes are in good agreement with the experimental findings. |
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| Keywords: | Form factor Scale effect Geosim Wake fraction Correlation line ITTCs |
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