UNDERWATER SLIDING PROPERTIES: EFFECT OF SLIDER SHAPE AND SURFACE WETTABILITY

A. Kirveslahti, K. Mielonen, K. Ikonen, W. Cui, M. Suvanto and T. A. Pakkanen ()
Additional contact information
A. Kirveslahti: Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland
K. Mielonen: Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland
K. Ikonen: Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland
W. Cui: Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland
M. Suvanto: Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland
T. A. Pakkanen: Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2016, vol. 23, issue 05, 1-9

Abstract: A dynamic test method for the measurement of the underwater sliding properties of model boats has been developed. Surface-modified model boats were examined to assess how the surface wettability properties affect sliding. Along with the surface properties, the influence of the boat shape was considered. We studied various coatings in the contact angle range of 3–162∘ with two model boat shapes. The hydrophobicity of the surfaces influenced the sliding speed of the model boat depending on the boat shape. The method is applicable to study sliding properties of model boats with different surfaces in variable flow conditions.

Keywords: Hydrodynamic drag reduction; wettability; sliding; model boat; coating; structured surfaces (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218625X16500426
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:23:y:2016:i:05:n:s0218625x16500426

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X16500426

Access Statistics for this article

Surface Review and Letters (SRL) is currently edited by S Y Tong

More articles in Surface Review and Letters (SRL) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().