Frictional resistance reduction using non-newtonian fluid
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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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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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