Abstract
In the 1 st report, a new technique for reducing frictional drag using a super water repellent surface and air-injection (SWR & A method) was proposed, and its effectiveness for two-dimensional flow was confirmed by carrying out pressure loss tests in a rectangular tube and resistance tests on a horizontal flat plate.This paper presents the results of resistance tests applying the new technique to a tanker model of 7.2 m long and a high length-to-beam-ratio ship model of 12 m long. The results of these tests show that the new technique can significantly reduce frictional drag of the tanker model and the high length-to-beam-ratio ship model, and that frictional drag on the SWR surface of the 12.0 m high length-to-beam-ratio ship model was reduced by 75% at a speed of 6 m/sec, which is the same reduction rate obtained with the flat plate.
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