Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Body provided with a superficial area adapted to reduce drag
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Application No.: US16329775Application Date: 2017-08-18
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Publication No.: US10851817B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Michiel Van Nesselrooij , Olaf Van Campenhout , Leonardus Louis Maria Veldhuis
- Applicant: Dimple Tech B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL The Hague
- Assignee: DIMPLE IP B.V.
- Current Assignee: DIMPLE IP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL The Hague
- Agency: Hoyng Rokh Monegier LLP
- Agent David P. Owen
- Priority: NL2017402 20160901
- International Application: PCT/NL2017/050545 WO 20170818
- International Announcement: WO2018/044155 WO 20180308
- Main IPC: F15D1/00
- IPC: F15D1/00

Abstract:
Body provided with a superficial area adapted to reduce drag when the body is moving relative to a gaseous or watery medium, comprising depressions in said superficial area, wherein the depressions have a greater length than width and are provided in the superficial area so as to collectively shape a curvature provided in a length direction of said depressions in the superficial area, and/or said depressions themselves are provided with a curvature in their length direction. The depressions are thus adapted to provide that a turbulent boundary layer of the gaseous or watery medium adjacent to the superficial area of the body is exposed to lateral excitation with reference to a movement direction of the body in the gaseous or watery medium or with reference to a flow direction of said turbulent boundary layer along said superficial area of the body. Said lateral excitation results in a reduction of drag.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190203747A1 BODY PROVIDED WITH A SUPERFICIAL AREA ADAPTED TO REDUCE DRAG Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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