NATIONAL' ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS
TECaNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 681
ZRIMENTS 7ITH PLANING sui7Acrs*
By W. Sottorf
67th Repnrt of the Hamburg Naval Tank (H.S.7.A.)
Experiments with planing surfaces are fundamental
hy-drodynamic researches for the purpose of obtaining
the
most favorable forms for.planing boats, flying boats, ant
seaplane floats, with respect to water resistance
and
sea-worthiness.
TESTS OF MODELS OF PLANING AND FLYING BOATS AND THEIR ANALYSIS
Figure 1 shows typical water-resistance curves for a
planing.boat and a flying boat.
The planing boat-has a resistance
curve which,
be-cause of the constant weight of the boat, shows
a
continu-ally increasing resistance with increasing steed.
The
re-sistance increases approrimately q*adratically up to the
instant of the 'leginni:Ig of planing, and in
the planing
pndition increasys with
a eower loss than
2.
The flying boat is lightened by the wing lift.
which
it,.:reases as the square of the speed.
The resistance
curve.therefore first reaches a maximum value and
thou
.falls off to reach zero at the instant of
take-off: that
is, when the wing lift equals the
gross weight.
The
fly-ing.beat can take off with
any load for which the sum of
the water and air resistances remains
less than the
pro-paler thrust,
aripanded treatment Of a paper read before thii -arincipal
meeting of the Gesellschaft der ?round
und Forderor dot
Hamblrgischea'SChiffbau-Versuchsanstalt
G.m.b.H., UAY 25,
1929.
From author's repriat of article
in
n7erft-Reede-rei-Hafen.0 NW: it. 1929; pp. 425-432.
I.
2 N.A. C.A. Mechrs .9.1. tle.morp.viAR, r,o., 66.1.
-Three classes of models
may.be.u,ke4in
this work;Massive wood or paraffin models. These usually
are three to five times 841 heavy as the
.17.0tekkcorrespond-ing to their
The excess weight illzt
bre balancedby a weight suspended over a sheave R. (Fig. 2.) The
mass forces from oscillations it' the
direction of
motion,which
affect the
resistancemeasurements, are
thereforethree to five times
thoseof a
model havingtrUe mass
elm-, .
Those..from'vertical oscillations are five to
nine times as great.
Consequently, to
obtain unaffectedmeasurements,
Weightsitilar idodels_are generally used. Their
weight'inclusive of the
etaande
weight is G/X3.Dynamically similar models are used,
ttpeciallyfor tests in waves, In order.to_give..4
rue reproduction
of the motion-of the full-site in pitching.
Their'model
weight is
and
their.masd_moment ofinertia
T/X5where
G = weight
and T-=mass moment of inertia of
thefull scale, and
X = model scale.
Figure 2.ShOws.the test
arrangement A. Theweight-similar model is balanced about the C.g. of the whole
air-craft
r.:.nd suspended at the .c.g. by means of ,a fork., The
wing lift is produced bY'a'w4ight susPended over shSave
R. The model is tOwed'in the propeller thrust line.by.a
wire bridle, Which
reads forward to
the.resistance.dyna-mometer and aft'to i
small tensionweight.
Two gutdesforward and aft of the model
hold itin the direction of
motion.
The 'resistance ie
riaa-surei by means of aspring,
while tho rise and the trim angle are read on
correspond-in.!; scales.
The fundamental test8. are runt made according to'..
Freud:9'7s law.,-*ith the model
free.f*rim, at various
Con-stant slieede over the. 'speed
range up to take-off. The'wing
lift
ia
suPpliedby the balance weights and it Corrected
during the
ruus according to the angle of attack of thewings as determined from the trim angle.
However, with this method of towing it id
not
possi-ble to study two Tropossi-blems which
roquire dynamic
similari-ty of the .mAss.ea in
motion and massless lift:
1) The
testing, of
11. float
in accelerationcorres?odd-to the true starting regime
(tae-off),
This would be1.1%71 Dr1 T
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N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No. 661 3
ve-ey desirable in order to study its motions, since from experience, almost every float, beyond the hump, i.e., at
the start of planing, has a tendency to
pitch..
.Too muchimportance is given to this pitching in tests made at con-stant speed, since then it naturally persists throughout
the run and gives poor readings.- In fact, when taking of'
the
aircraft quickly passes through the critical range adshortly thereafter
begins to plane, which results in smoot71running.
An additional advantage of this method of testing would be that the whole of the resistance curve referred to above, together with the accelerating forces, would be obtained in one run.
2) The testing of a float in a seaway, both at
con-stant speed and while being accelerated.. This presents
the same requirements.
The first problem can be stUdied in the circulAr:tank
of the Junkers Company. ',Me model is towed in
a
circularchannel, suspended and guided by a hinged arm whose
verti-cal axis lies at the center of the channel. If the
was-pension point on the axis lies above the Attachment point on the model, then the vertical component of the centrip-etal force, which increases as the square of the r.p.m.,
is applied to the model. By changing the height of the
suspension point on the axis any wing lift can be obtained. The apparatus of the H.S.V.A. for towing dynamically similar models in a straight tening tank consists of a
combination of the resistance ody devrArped at the tank
for use on trial trips with the 'float test apparatus.
Since the resistance body has a water
resistance
increas-ing exactly
as
the square of the speed, it is oal;,-neces-sary to connect the pull of the resistance body to the
suspension wire of the float by a suitable linkage,
arrange-ment B, Figure 3. A lever and quadrant are interposed and
make it possible to
vary the
Point of attachment of thepull from the resistance body. The lift
corresponding to
get-away speed can be obtained by suitably locating the
point where the pull is applied to the lever. The
resist-ance body is a rather light cone, and the force required to accelerate it id so small in comparison to the total
force that it can be neglected, so that at each moment of
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-A -further development of the
jeer is
proposed in whichthe slider to which the pulling
wire of
the resistance bodyis
taehed will
be moved.by a motor'controlled by the
mod-el
itself in radii a manner asto
prodacethe lift
corre-sponding to the
exact angle of attack of the wings.
,
The resistance body properly
should lie off to oneside of
the modelso that any
influence on the model maybe avoided.
American
tests for the sma
pUrpose in. -Thich ahydro-foil vas .arranged in the
water undOr
the-model to give t'ne
corresponding lift
led, among other things,- to errors dueto interference
with the model.
'Full information on
the-nodel'is
given only by testsat
different
constanttrim ancles,
sincethe
resistance isdependent on the trim
angle and further. important re-sistane'effeCt appears which is dependent on the triman-gle and is produced by
thewater' flowing under the
stepand vatting the:.afterbody.
By moving a sliding weight (fig. 2) the
necessary
mo-ment is applie& to the model
during the run to maintainthe.
desired
angle of trim.It is the' task of the airplane designer
to constructthe float or boat so that as far as possible it will give
the
most favorable angle of attack
for the rings of theairplane and
so that the,Control surfaces can apply theproper moments, in order that the ret-away
maytake place
at the 'Most favorable -angle
of attack for the -particular
speed range.
The economy of the flying boat is increased by
lower-ing
the maximumresistance.
This gives an
increase in theuseful load, which means an
Increase
in fuel capacity oran increase
in range. 71th it is also obtained a shortertine of take-off, much desired
on account of the heavy
.structural loads while tcl,:ing off in
a-seaway.
By making
changes in the planing'bottom,
changes in the position andheight
of the steps, changes
in.thel.afterbody with regardto
the spray, or by
tehe Construction of a new boatwith
different principal
dimensions, etc.', It is possible
simple comparison to
deermino.the relatively most
favor-able model.
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N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum Fo. 661 5
.Yigure 4 shows the comparison of systematic tests of
'a flying boat with
five
different bottoms. There areim-portant differences in the resistances of the individual
designs: Bottom form No. 1, for instance, has two
condi-tions-of maximum resistance; traveling in smooth water the water does not break away from the step with the result
that the resistance steadily rises. rnsticking can be
.accomplished by jarring the model.- The model then rises on the step and the resistance falls to the lower branch
of the curved In practice this boat would be able to get
-off only in rough water.
This method of developing 's. type is still followed
generally. The tests nevertheless remain unsatisfactory
because they are derived from a form which, lacking
previ-ous fundamental knowledge, has been developed by the
de-signer principally by feeling or instinct, and a variation of all the design elements Which have a bearing on the prob-lem must be neglected, primarily because of the great
length of time required for the tests and the
correspond-ingly high costs. Consequently the information Which is
obtained regarding the effects of changes is often deCep-tivey.e.g., a change in the. bottom form of tad forebody
1141.4t be favoiM71-71-1 itself but because the afterbody is
not suitable for use with it an apparent failure might :be obtained because of the effects of the spray.
A recognition of this fact lod.the firm of Rohrbach to cenduct at the.Eamburg tank the first systematic tests
with different bottom forms of forobody alone. The
after-body -was 'separated by a vortical cut at the step, while
the road remained equal to tho total load. In those tests
the great increase in resistance due to the wake running
back along the afterbedy appeared plainly. For instance,
the combination of no of the completely investigated
fora-bodies with a certain afterbody gave a 30 per cent increase in resistance because the afterbody, although Of itself out of the water, was wetted for its entire length by a
stream of water 'coming out from under the step. A
suita-ble deflecting device reduced the resistance to almost that of the forebody alone.
Models of similar type but with
different loadings
and .get-;away speeds are compared according to Figure 5. ,
In this the ordinates are the planing numbers = W/A, n
where W is ti.e resistance, A the dynamic lift, an the
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a N.A.C.A. 'Technical Memorandum
No. 361
v _ observed isneed of model;
abscissas are -- = speed ratio
vo take-off speed of model.
-By making numerous tests with seaplane models of similar Loading and the same scale, it is probably possible to de-termine empirically an envelope for the numerous curves which would represent the curve for the best model.
However,' the question of how near we are to the
theo-retically best model is still unsolved. The test results
from work done for different private concerns must be
treated as confidential, consequently material for compar-ison is restricted.
II. SYSTELIATIC TESTS WITE PLANING SURFACES
As early as 1924 tests with box-shaped bodies wero
undertaken at the Hamburg tank by Eng. Popp as e
basis for planing boat construction, in order to determine
the planing number for flat and. 7-bottom forms and for
different trim angles end loads. These
experiments. coUld
hot be carried out to the proposed extent because of lack
of funds.
Lbeut a year and a half ago the test program which is
described in more detail later on was set-up because of the
pressing necessity for.a
basis
for analyzing 'flying boats.The first results of this program are presented-here.
The following considerations lead immediately to the
choice of a plane rectangular plate for the fundamental investigations, as being the planing surface with presum-ably the best planing number.
Tangential and normal forces act on the under side
of
a plate which is moving through a fluid at rest while the
upper side remains under constant atmospheric pressure.
It is assumed- that the Water flows away freely from the
bounding edges of the bottom surface..
In the case of a frictionless fluid the tangential of
friction forces equal zero. From Figure Za it. is seen
that the resultant of t:le normal force N for trim angle
a
gives. 7 = A tana
as a minimum resistance.From Figure Sb it IS Seen that, assuming the addition
of the friction force T, the resistance becomes
carnal.1711.1.1k
r.A.c.A. Todinical hemerandum
ro.
361 7U = k tan
a +
. as, in accore.nnce -rith thecondi-cos
a
tins of the tests, the lift
A
in virs;:tdto
-)et constant.If one considers the cross section of a 7-bottom plate
1
with piano inclined surfaces and assumes for !implicit7
that the trim angle is small an:i say
be neglected,
thenor-force
on ono side, according to Figure 6c is =1 Al
or N -A , For the flat plate sin
(1
= 1.sin
fa'
sin
(15.) \2,1.2 kj2/
hence P = A. nth increasing deadrise, 7 and the lost
comnoneat Nv both increase: as well as the wetted
sur-face, if. the constant lift A is maintained, as a result
of
7whit
the total resistance of the 7-bottom, and also of the curved bottom, exceeds that of the flat plate.The Test Program
The systematic study of the plates was conducted ps
follows:
For a given plate, the influence of trim anfle a
on planing number c = 7/1 was determined by towing at
constant speed and load, but with each test run at a dif- j.
ferent trimming moment.
Tho affect of increasing load Was determined
re-Deanne tho first tests at
higher
loadings.The cffom of increasing speed was found by
re-'seating
the first grout of tests at higher speeds. Itwas assumed that the lift increased es the square of the
speed.
After the relations for one plate were kuorn,
tests were made for comparison with one or two other
ries of tests, in order to determine the effe t of
vary-ing breadth of plate (variation of aspect ratio) by
tow-ing relatively wider plates at constant loads and constant
speeds.
The conversion of the model results to full
alto
by Fronde's method showed good agreement almost to the
maximum resistance, however, as tho size of the models
was reduced an increasing discrepancy appeared, as Eernann
(\Ad floss pointed out as a result of testsrwith modals at
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B T.A.C.A. Technical liomoranium
:so. 651
varions scales carried oat at the
(ne.
7.)Al-t-acol'ca -an to the .laxinum resistance the hydro- and aero-.
dynathc lifts are small, and co:levy:ter-fly there is no
lir-ference etweet a flying boat, a planing bent, ani a
dis-placemeat boat, thereafter, with increased hydrodynamic
lift, the planing condition is.reached, and it is
necessa-ry to obtrin a conversion formula of the form
r
w x3-f C).;. The first term expresses the conversion of the
toe
ronistence neasured as Inc reeistance, according to
Prodels law, while the second ox3resses tho difference
in frictIon, according to Reytolis lew, as a correction
!or 3See1e Effect." By testing plates of different widths,
cntlinel above undor (4), the law of conversion for the
planing condition can be found. The scales
of
the modelsaro derived from the relations of the ?late widths to each
other. Cn fee basis of ?rondo's law tho tests were
con-inated a: corresponding speeds and lords and the results
1)'
to determine the second tern of the conversionfor-mnla.
This method has the advantage over tests with actual
hull noels in
nil.:
the effects of spray which would causethe results to lose their general validity, are avoided.
3) In the same way the influence of different
tot-tom forms, deadrisu, curvature, etc., arc to be
deter-rimed by coh-arative teets, in which, in place of flat
plates test floats are used with the same over-all
dimen-sions but with different bottom forms.
Apparatus
Preliminary tests were run with ea flat glass plate to
determine the forms of the wetted surfaces. In the
appa-ratus describe& hereafter, the angle of attack and the
length below the still water level were determined by
reading the change of draft (fore and aft) from the zero
reading (plate level on the water !surface). The impact
preeeure of the water on the plate increases the true
wet-ted sur.:ace. By lookiag through the glass plate the
wet-tel length is easily determined by reading the impact
wa-ter line on a scale on the rlate. Tor a -elate having a
with of 0.3 meter the dynemic water line is a flat arc
of about 10 mm midordinate for all speeds, angles, and
loads. Accordingly, it was nermiosible in
the succeeding
experiments to use an aluminum plate about 6 mm thick, in
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;.A.C.A. Tochnicel :_icmorandue 17o. 5i1 9
which a flags plata 50 rem wide had teen fitted nt the
quarter point. A mean value of the wetted length was read
terough this small glass plate.
The Tlate was pin-jointod to two vertical rods, each of which was guided at both top and bottom of its guide
frame b; three ball-bearing rollers. (?ig. 8.) Ihe guide
frames were supported at their c.g. axis on knife-edres. Their 7eirht was supported from tae carriage while the
rods formed a part of tae load on the plate. It the level
of the axle of each guide frame a stool wire was secured
to a short cross aember on tho guide rod. Tho
counter-woLfhts ncro attached to those wires and suspended ovor
sheaves RI and R2. Tho loading neights woro placed on
sealopans on the guide rods. By charging tho loading
701hts or counterweights any desired loading of the plate could be obtained, while by shifting tho loading weights or counterwoights from one rod to the other any =anent
could "ea obtained. Rise and trim angle wore determined Iny
gra;hical record of the change of riso of each guide) rod
oa a drum.
The resistance dynamometer consists of an equal armed
/ever su7;orted freely on two knife-edges. A coarse
bal-ance -Teleht and the tension of a snring, which is
varied
electric
motor controlled by two contacts, hold theresistance in balance. The extension of the spring
regis-ters on et drum so that an accurate mean resistance is
ob-tained. The time and travel of the carriage are registered
at the same time to determine its spool. By this
arrange-ment the
weighing lever, and hence the forward cuido rodare izaintained in the vertical position. The slight
angu-larity of the after guide rod at large angles of trim is
ta2:en care of by a correction.
The Test Procedure
When the carriage is not in motion ring stops on the guide rods hold the nlate so that the ',slain; edge is above
water. Marin:: the accelerating rnu the ;late gradnally
assumes, of itself, the depth corresnonding to the
prede-termined load and the angle of attack corresponding to
t:.0
°redetermined noment, so that on reaching constant speed measurements can be taken.
Goailmer,
'case
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Tests on the
.3t Tide flatPlate
The 13 As and speeds chosen a:pear it the following table.
DC load is Increased as the square of the s7el, and
accord-A
agly the Dm? coefficientn
v3 - a
b
remains constant.
V 2 . 2 be=in :an
coefficient
P -b- v2X 3.216
715
415
275
113 60 50 42 33 25 / 011 4 4 2Snot in meters per second
4
g
_9
kg
92051/11;1.925
610 4 1.419
430
i 1.052
450 ::; 0.522
475 :7;0.433
550:o.,
0.373550
3.325
630 "1 0.263
i770 -..j
0.232 / t . -A 22.3ti
141
(/ling `1#
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1ILoteth
1:otoatt
irotted
below
Resist
...in
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lemPth
ithe
la ,water
nce
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in g
trail-,
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coot-
lp
ficient
jr
J
t,
29.404e -1.i.C.7 :1
21 4.653C.75115.05
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43325
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25100
5 .17 6
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casei
nis. Loading case I;
1 ateigfaci2 A = 12 kg 10.55
-r
0.301 9.36t
0.345 8,20 ' 0.682 7.09 0.593 5.83 1 0.729 4.82 0.726 4.39 :) 0.740 A = 16kg
e.zs
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792 362
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L 155 1180 .1.387 5..31 0.798 140 1220 _1.244 4.75 - 0.785 110 1350',- 1.075 4.12.4
0.717 1 84 I 1600 , 0.847 3.24 . -0.730 Speed. v = 5. 6 910 6 7 785 it 7 49 615 9 31 475i's
10 54 385re
Speed.
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Angle of attackao
!Length
7etted I below Length ! the water In mm !surface
In
cm I(fig.14)
*Resistance
In g
MomentU in
mkgabout
trail-ingedge
Moment coef- lp ft dentit
(fig.14)
03A b
SI-er'i v = 4 m/s. Ioliinp case :I;
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2 6 5.
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(fig.14,
4.828
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221, 36
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3.3t 47 44.; 10
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Speed =
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64'
9 7.11 0- 8.1 19):
14006..vg 915.322 810 .170780.31
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mis. Loading
case II;?"if 4
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I5.70,4 0.856
1210ny 0.733
1300.( +; 0.503
1380r6 0.562
1575,',3 0.497
4.97,1
s.848
c.a3.3
3.81.1 0.945
0.973
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11.587
19.70
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7.03
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4.518
7.671 0.737
2670ow 3,080
5.23±
0,785
1 13050., li 2.431
4.13:"Ii 0.740
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3.72. 444 0,733
Speed v =
6 mis,
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26.370 1
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4r.A.c.A. Technicel Memorandum No. 551
in mm surface
(fig.14)
I in mm(f
ig.14)
v =
mis,
Loading case IV;a'. Length Moment below Resist in the ance mkg water 7 about in
kg
trail-ing edge= B
miss
Loading case I; AMoment
coef-ficient IL. A b CB= 36 kg
= 16 kg
lp
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11.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum
Ito.661
Speed v
= 8
14 3-deg.min.7;3;20
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P/Ccase II;
A6,307
= 32 kg
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v = 8 tais.
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=45.2eigi
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8.146
a.,
1"Length Eoment Moment
an
ro.
Angleof
attack Wetted lengthit
below the waterRest
st-ance
I; U in mkg aboat tcoef-ficient
lp
it
ao
In ma(fig.14)
surface1 in mm(fig.14)
inhg
trail-edge
(fig.14)
CBm/s, Loading
. Aing
Ar.A.c:A:
Technical Uemorandum /To. 661 15In Figure are entered:
The measured resistances less the
air
dragdeter-mined by towing the horizontal plate just above the water.
The curves of for resistance TF = A tan
a.
The curves of frictional resistance TR,
com-muted according to Prandtlts friction formula for a
turn-lent botaidary layer with laminar approach. .
7R = 2
-
m2 F cfin which P = don.ity
-g
= mean velocity of the water relative to
the plate
-= measured wetted surface = b
If T, wetted length cf = 0.073 1600 v/ R = Reynolds :umber
= Tr_
The ourvea.(Tp +
TR) . .The mean reduction in speed of the water
rela-tive to the plate vu = v - vm in per cent of the towing
peed v, as determined by pressure measuree,ents.
A complete agreement of the measured values with the
curves
Mr
+ TR) appears at lower loads, while withit-creE.sing loads at
sehll
angles of attack anincreasing
difference appears. This difference is explained in part
by the gradual appearance at small enact; of attack of spilling over the edge, and in part by the increasing ef-fect of the edges on the establishing of the boundary
la:-er and consequently on the coefficient of friction cf
with inCreasing ratio of lib.
Figure 10 presents tho curves of planing number
e =
16 N.A.t.A. Technical iiiemorandunare. 651
.
-diagram show the change of planing number with increasing
seed at.. constant load coefficient for loadings I and II.
A notable variatl.on is apparent drily for v F
4-131.7P.S. at
small angles, wnere a condition of laminar boundary layer
predominates.
The lower part of the diagram gives the planing
num-bers determined for the higher velocities for the four
cases of loading I to IV. At large angles of attack with
decreasing friction We, ' the curve of resistance W
ap-proaches the curve of rorm resistance 73, = A tan
a
asymp-totically, from which the planing number, tan
a,
isa)-rived. as the asymptote. The minimum planing number lies
between 40 and 60. Toward smaller angles the planing
num-ber increases with the rapidly increasing wetted surface.
Toward larger angles the planing number increases rapidly
with the form resistance as a function of tan
a.
Thelowest value is 0.114, the resistance is therefore about
119 the lift. Further tests with lower loads are proposed
Ifor t'ae determination of the curve of optimum planing num-'. biers.
The results indicate that with increasing load, as a
result of tho greater wetted length in relation to the
breadth, the planing number becomes worse,
The Pressure and Velocity Distribution on the Plate
For the study of the pressure distribution the plates
were fitted with 85 holes of 2 mm diameter. These were
fitted on one side only, at the center line, at the
quar-ter beam, and at 4 mm from the edge, as well as at a
num-ber of intermediate points. From each hole a connecting
tube led to a glass manometer tube secured on a panel at
rigat angles.to the plate. he tubes were connected
to-gether at tho upper ends by a cross tube, by which tho
wa-ter in the connecting tubes could be sucked up
simultane-ously and colored. For each tost the elate was secured
to the two guide rode in the proper position to giro tho
desired load and angle of attack. Men constant speed
was reached, air was allowed to enter the cross tube, so
that the water in each tube Stood at the height
corre-s7onding to the pressure, and could be photographed or
marked.
The pressure distributton was investigated for v = 6
Tochnicel Uomorndurto. 551 17
and A = 18 kg for 4°, 50, and 80 angle of attack.
(Fig. 11.)
At the.leadin3 edge of the wetted surface, where Li-pact and change in direction of the water occurs, the
pressure rises immediately to a maxi:num, and
eetickly
Arorsoff. At small angles it roaches zero at the trailing
edge. Toward the sides it falls off only a little
com-pared to the pressure at the center line. At the s1i6s
the water escapes as a
jet on
account of the suddenpres-sure drop. From the trailing edge the -rater continues on
it
the direction givenby the
plate until a jet shoots up.from the rebound of the water displaced by the plate. This jet is the Principal cause of the groat increase of resistance in flying boats when the water touches a poor-ly formed afterbody.
From the pressure
distribution it is
deduced that,for instance, at 40, the mean pressure, with respect to
the 7ho1e wetted surface, is smaller
than with a wider
7ith the same load whore the 'after part of the
ires-sure range is elisging. But if the wider -.late has the
greater mean pressure the wetter-Surface,
T.ET'conseouent-ly the friction and total resistance, is smaller. Tests
with
plates of various widths should clear up thisques-tion experimentally.
Bernoulli's equation makes it possible to determine the velocity distribution on the ?late from the pressure
distriblItio%, as shown
in Figure
11. The volocit7along the elate length is also plotted against the plate
width, from which as the mean of
the velocity
cronesec-tion, the speed
vmis obtained as an average speed over
the entire
Plate. For tho computation of the frictionalresistance
7,
the moan reduction in spood vu = v rnas a per cent
of the towing speed
v,
is shown In 71.7nr.19 as a function of the trim
angle
a.
Separation of
the ResistancesThe total resistance is first divided into frictional
resistance WR, and form resistance
!4.
This last is to
be divided into the induced
resistance
j,
analogous to theinduced resisence in the wine theory, and the wave
resist-ance 7w, which
is due to the motion of a body moving in aboundary between two media. As Wit is readily determine with
1
S.A.P.A.
m.p.s. plato :teen-""1"...11m"..".".1"IbrAILTT100^1AT A 10'71AI hm 4°
0.238 m
0.617 kg
n ^P Vhm b
According to equation (I) hm and Wi are determined
for tIle three cases investigated, as
1.8
Late'CI.A.
TechnicalMemorand.wa Fo. 661
sufficient exactness, we obtain 77( after determining
According to the law of momentum tho newly created
momentum per second or the momentum P F1 v w is equal to
the
lift Inthis
P =
"fig = 'onsity, Fl is the crosssection of
tho mass
affected, v is the horizontal speedof
the plate, and
wis the
downward velocity of the massconsidered. For simplicity lot-a
rectangular section
.10be assumed over the width b of tho plato, which because
of the relatively small
reduction of
pressure toward thoside appears Permissible. Furtho-, lot there be introduced
for the determination
of
the downwardvalocitv
w theav-°rage velocity vm over the entire pinto, then wm vm
sin a. If one calls the mean height of he affected mass
hm then we have
P hm b v wm = A
(i)
The kinetic energy created per second is equal to the
work of the induced
resistance; that is,W m2
P hL
b v
= 7; v
0.162 m
0.126 m
0.906 kg
1_ 1.15
kgFigure 12 shows the constituent parts Of the separate
resistances, which at
the miniMumresistance form
appro71-mately equal
parts of the tdhl.
Incontrast to
the wingtheory the share of the frictional resistance in the totL1
resistance is eat, and on account of the
unknown wettedlength 11
it cannot be
determined theoretically withaccu-racy; on the other hand,
there entersalso a
notablylart:e
from
whichA2
=
(2)
Y.A.O:A. Technical Llomorandum IT,. 551
1:57ave-making resistance which can'lic determined
mathemat-ically only by the expenditure of very
much time,so that
only systorlatic research can 7./..ouco the necessary bass
for the predotor:aination of the tesistanco, -.7;oont, and
angle of attack of any gliding body.
Figuro 13 shows the nomont coefficient C- =
- b
plotted against a. Tho nomont is referred to the trailing
cage of the
plato. With increasing speeds the moment c-Irvefor a
singleloading
condition approaches aboundary curve
which corresponds approximately to the curve for
v9.5
mis. At large angles
the
curves approach a'cOmmen
as-tote. The introduction of
the wetted length
insteadof
Cmgives a Troup of carves of
the same character. The separation of the curves is therefore detnrminod by thc chancing of the pressures with a -cower not equal to 2,an
yet 7roator than
2 at low spocds, which falls to 2 atthe
boundarycurve.
For this reason theprel.otorminod
lift, which varies as
the square, is reached at ashorter
wetted length
at the lower speeds.
Further toots r.roplanned for tho
confirmation of those
first results.In Figure 14 the position
of the cantor of nressuroin plotted as
1-0/1'
in
which lpis the
distanceof the
center of pressure from the after
edge
and. lt is thewet-ted length. All the points of the same loading case fall
on the same slightly curved line, that is
the ratio of
lp/11
is approximately constant.With
increasing loadthe value of /p/i.. decreases.
On the basis of results so far,
since the intensity
of loading corresponds approximately to that of the
fly-ing boat, Figure
4, a minimum lino can be drawn inthat
figure which shows that with
the
best dosins, whore morevalue is attached to low rosistance than to the best
sea-going qualities, the minimum resistance of tho
flat elateis still exceeded by 20 to
40 per cent.The most important result of these tests
to date Nay be said to be that it is possible to make comparisonsbe-tween the later
tests
of the program and one or two seriesof suitably related tests, which will ivo the work a
nrac-tical
application.A 1 Ors
irk
0 1 2 3 4 E 6 7 8 speed. of mold in mis
Fig. 1 Resistance curve of a planing boat with a disllicemnt of oP kg (blow) and of a flyin:: boat
with a distlacemmt of 12 kg (above). Fig.
eiTTI.rt a /Soft }hi
ST 4 I-AT 2 I-
/
-9 11-C123
S 789
L. 40 co 6 I-ca 6 0 2! 7 = Vo= 2 Conditions Spucd of modal.Getaway sroed of model.
Single float I " II icTwin float. 1 .4 .6 Planing number c G - T W = Resistance
G = Weida
of aircraft T = Lift from wings5 Comparison of F seadine floats. 220
tint
P2,10. 9 10 1 v 0N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No. 661. Pigs. 1,4,5
5
It
0 3 ca-4 n4 , 0 I. 0 1 45 518
Sped of model
in mis.Fig. 4 Resistances of flying boat with five different forms of bottom. Displacement = 18 kg.
0
-3 Bottor_ I / II 6 01-3 /.1\1:
/
I\
-_____________.__ , I , , m -Li R , g-..--Spoed recoeder'1
!;-1-1Rise
I ,-1 1 .. I P -"!i.C
'
ri\
1:-I ! ; -i : . 11 I S,
Balancing reweightt__I
/I
'Weighing spring
---- ... cL ;
.' o il '' .0, TriggIcan ent alti;;Wing lift
W (---LA
l''Slidine; weight
..4,1 ! tResistance dynamometer
I / V ---... !it i
'___
. a,Center of gravity of I. t .11system.
1 ! I -Trim .-i
Coarse weight _./Jangle ;!..,,.."irs/
. Hi- .7Tension
weight\ /
\ . i Vi 1ici'
,,,. ; -:-..-1, 1 I!Guide 11.'Retstance
-I !I' --La .Fig.2 Diagram showing test arrenrement A for flying boats.
C
N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No.661 Fig.3 stance
4-1"-faralPsOnt
long --Lever .-Slider Trimngle
//CI
/
----Resist;;;iM
body/Piga
Diagram showing test arrangement B for towing dynamicallysimilar models.
ct,
Ni
t
(a)(b)
2
Fig.6
(a) Forces on the flat plate in a frictionless fluid.
11 II ft 11 11 11
viscous fluid.
11 itwith deadrise at mall
angles of
trim.
2 2 0 3 (b) (0) (c)N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No.661 Figs.7,10 a,v = b,v = c.v = d,v 9.5 6 EST7PDATA 197;11 I
a
.15k
4
taA hr
0)1\
C.-.10
I I IC -C51 i G2 I 4 6 E. Trim, a.r.,;le,o, !....certf-- ..:1-Planing number I 411- e fenLeading
...e,...e----i Case II.
--x2ianlm Planing Number E for Loading
r,...,settf
c-tse I. "7.-1CFig.1C Curves of the Planing; nuabers, e .
Mead Planing Number c for
Loading Cases
I IV.350r
-$wor
n
r '1.,\
1.81:4 2E>01- ' -1:2
2C0 I-iii
':`...:
'N7,--- - 1:1
-N.,. 4.0; 150 1CJF 50 L -A-ek 5 1C 15 Speedin mis
Fig.? Resistances of similar floats tested at scales of 1:1, 1:2.
1:4and 12, converted to the resistance of a float '-iavi_scr. a displacement of one ton.
;.,Load cazo. IV; op=1 0.218 g,Load caso Lat.
11 "
III;c3=0.75 A
0.218 h, " 0.218 ,II;c3=C.5
I;cB=C.2,) 2-.1
Record of spring tension / Resistance dynamometer I
\--1 ! / Coarie weightI
-e:rs.17
'Speed recorder wasoisvI 1 ; Rosisterca /rounter-r
'weights L.; L_ \i --- -Loading \fiti
\
lit\I
II
. )--Rise and trim
Fig.
Diagram showing the arrangement used in tests of planing surfaces.
weights
vs Sas
I \
3
--Firm resistance Wr=4A tan -1,
Frictional resistance WH=25 vg7
(leTR)
°Measured
resistances
Mean reduction in
Breed overthe
r2Csurface vii=v-vm
lb in percent of
1. e ,A36 kg
rot
= 27 "
0.0,,3
(-1)02
1600cf =
R v114-= Mean speed over surface,
0.0,,3
(-1)02
1600cf =
R v114-= Mean speed over surface,
F = Area 3 f
wetted surface.F = Area 3 f wetted
surface. - T-1,--, 1 7-Liv =9.i mi
t
t
1--f
04.7.
1 17
1 IA = 4.512 ic.V I 8
is
contuft_
1.--- -
Ift
-r1)1 r
Ar--t-,
ti. 4 __ -- -- ---1---1 I 1`,.3. " 1 1-
6 14
i I/
-1---7-1-1-I,
o) iig I +a 5 "! tp to 1 r4 - T-1,--, 1 7-Liv =9.i mi
t
t
1--f
04.7.
1 17
1 IA = 4.512 ic.V I 8
is
contuft_
1.- If-
t
-r1)1 r
Ar--t-,
ti. 4 __ -- -- ---1---1 I 1`,.3. " 1 1-
6 14
i I/
-1---7-1-1-I,
o) iig I +a 5 "! tp to 1 r4 99 88 aa .- j
. I I ;kt---f:-.. t ' 1 I/
S , I 1'
f.
t, n 2 4 6 410 12 I
2 4 6 810 12 J
2 4 6 A 1 '12 0
2 4 6 810 12
Trim angle,,,..Fig.')
Resistance of the 0 .2 in wide
flat planing
surfqce,referred to trim angle 1.
;a1100P1s+f
I
4 . 1 1r i
,04.4tiat V / t-"i'll".16 ---s.a...i. M.:-. b,A c,A= 16 kg
= 12 "
3 to = 4 " It Ifr,A =
hbA = v6mis constant
--9 = = v = constant/
.22. CaveN.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No.662 Piga'
PITT tin+A PCP7C
Width of surface
r1
a,Locations of pressure
orifices.
5.57 Wsmean snood over
Mean speed
Along the the whole surface.
plate. Speed distribution! II ifto -- 11.--_...44 11=245 mm
t....,,..____rc_t_iii"
1..- mr441' rs___L =175 ran1X
A
co d49
,x/44/ /,'
0ac-
rii/ e,Side(4 mm in from the edge.)5
"
f,1/4 beam.
300 g,Center line
I/1
....
. 41 Pressure distribution for 8° trim 400. fq projected over the trailing edge.
to itt
''
lif 1-500. . 11 a. 60C4
Fig.11 Speed and rressure distribution over a wide flat Planing surface. Speed of towing, v = 6 mis Lend, A = 18 kg
(Continued on next two pages)
V-4 V M -0.072 V ',Center line .14 beam u,Side
Y.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum Na.661 Fig.11
(Continuation)
Width of plate 75,81 mis mean speed
-46r-
.. ...;,_,_:___,.,_ __I__ IL over the whole,
-b L al/
- surface.
Mean speed alourthe plate.
0.1,Locations of pressure orifices.
v - v n1=C .C32 to61.
1
---0. t It/4 - ---=--,--. , v 51ne
11
1 a,Side , b,1/4 beam ic,Centerline
Speed distributionlc
-d, Si e,1/4 beam f,Center linePressure distribution for 6° trim. (Continuation of Fico,11) 1,'=450 mm 1 =370
Dt1P3ATA
.f
30C1--N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No.661
agJecations of
Width
of'
.ate
.21.6
131-'
Mean speed along
the plate.
0 +, r) 200 or4 A 300 400 1.5:b 5._ .10 1. I,a,Side
b,1/4 beam
c,Center line
Speed distribution
I =Prussure distribution for
(Conclusion of Fig.11)
vm= C.013
40 trim.
Fic.11
(Conclusion)
pressure orifices.
,-5.92 m/s moan speed
over the whole surface
C 6 100 -1. = EOC -v V
c-"RiS
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