Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe GreenTech/2022
Reducing frictional resistance
hykat The reduction of skin friction force between a ship’s hull and the surrounding water can contribute to minimising fuel consumption and emissions. The Hydrodynamics and Cavitation Tunnel (HYKAT) at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA) offers best possibilities to measure the skin friction force at Reynolds numbers close to real operational conditions, write HSVA’s Felix Hoppe and Daniela Myland.