Tank Tests of the Effect of Rivet Heads, etc., on the Water Performance of a Seaplane Float, Special Report
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"A 1/3.5 full-size model of the Mark V float of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, was tested in the NACA tank both with smooth painted bottom surfaces and with roundhead rivets, plate laps, and keel plates fitted to simulate the actual bottom of a metal float. The augmentation in water resistance due to the added roughness was found to be from 10-12% at the hum speed and from 12-14% at high speeds. The effect of the roughness of the afterbody was found to be negligible except at high …
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Date:
June 4, 1936
Creator:
Parkinson, J. B. & Robertson, J. B., Jr.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department