METHOD OF REDUCTION OF FRICTION RESISTANCE OF BODY BY FORMING VISCOELASTIC COAT Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; reduction of resistance to motion by forming viscoelastic coats on bodies.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method includes the following operations: (a) estimation of characteristics of turbulent boundary layer at preset rate of free flow making use of boundary conditions for rigid surface having the same shape and size as surface with coat; characteristics include thickness of boundary layer, phase rate and frequency corresponding to maximum energy-carrying disturbances, profiles of average rate, distribution of Raynolds stresses, distribution of shear stress on wall and friction resistance; (b) selection of properties of material of coat including density, complex shear modulus and thickness of coat at which coat subjected to action of stimulating function identical to load formed by this boundary layer and determined at stage (a) ensures maximum flux of energy with no disturbance in surface; (c) estimation of characteristics of boundary layer on coat at preset rate of free flow making use of amplitude of oscillations and energy flux corresponding to properties of material selected at stage (b) including the average rate profiles, distribution of Raynolds stresses, distribution of shear stresses on wall and friction resistance; (d) determination of reduction of friction resistance in percent as ratio to difference between magnitudes of friction resistance with and without coat estimated at stages (a) and (c) to friction resistance determined at stage (a) for determination of quantitative magnitudes of composition and configuration of coat; (e) forming viscoelastic coat from material or combination of materials selected at stages (a) thru (d).

EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of reduction of friction resistance.

15 cl, 4 dwg, 1 tbl