Aerodynamic performance of ships with flat plate and streamlined bow covers (IMAGE)

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Aerodynamic performance of ships with flat plate and streamlined bow covers

Caption

(Anticlockwise from top right) Model of original ship; Designed flat plate bow cover for ship; Dynamic pressure distribution around ships with low flat plate, high flat plate, and streamlined covers, respectively; Wind drag coefficient acting on them with wind direction.

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Ngoc-Tam Bui from Shibaura Institute of Technology

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