A Nnumerical Study of Drag force for Optimist Dinghy on Flat Water
This study investigates numerically the drag force on the Optimal dinghy, which is one of the official classes of international sailing regatta. The drag force is affected by the forward and backward tilt angles and the heels angles. The results revealed that the minimum drag force on the dinghy occ...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
EDP Sciences
2018-01-01
|
| Series: | MATEC Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201820105003 |
| Summary: | This study investigates numerically the drag force on the Optimal dinghy, which is one of the official classes of international sailing regatta. The drag force is affected by the forward and backward tilt angles and the heels angles. The results revealed that the minimum drag force on the dinghy occurred under the flat dinghy and zero tilt angle condition. The drag force decreases with increasing backward tilt angle. Meanwhile the minimum drag force occurred at the 10 degree of the heeling angle under low velocity condition, and it occurred at the 5 degree while the sailing velocity exceeded 2 m/s. The correlation of the drag force and the sailing velocity can be expressed as FD = 13.87V2 for flat dinghy sailing. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2261-236X |