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Frictional resistance reduction using non-newtonian fluid

  • US 3,289,623 A
  • Filed: 03/09/1965
  • Issued: 12/06/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE OF A LIQUID-SUPPORTED VESSEL IN A BALLAST AS WELL AS LOADED CONDITION COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HULL HAVING A BOW AND A STERN AMD MEANS CARRIED BY SAID VESSEL FOR INTRODUCING A SMALL QUANTITY OF NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID AT THE BOW INTO THE ADJACENT VESSEL SUPPORTING LIQUID TO THEREBY ALTER THE SHEAR CHARACTERISTIC OF SAID LIQUID FROM A NEWTONIAN TO A NON-NEWTONIAN RELATIONSHIP WHEREIN THE SHEARING STRESS IS NO LONGER A FIXED RATIO TO THE RATE OF SHEAR;

  • AND INTRODUCING MEANS INCLUDING, A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT AFFIXED TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE HULL AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLUID DISCHARGE APERTURRES THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID CONDUIT EXTENDING ABOVE AND BELOW THE BAL-

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