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A Simple, Low-cost Method to Fabricate Drag-reducing Coatings on a Macroscopic Model Ship

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A low-cost method was used to fabricate superhydrophobic coatings on a macroscopic model ship and the drag-reducing effect was investigated at both low and high speed. Hierarchical structures of the superhydrophobic copper coatings were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). Drag coefficient tests on surfaces with different wettability(superhydrophilic, hydrophilic, hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces) showed that the as-prepared superhydrophobic surface exhibited a high remarkable drag reduction of 81% at a low speed of 1 mm/s. In the drag-reducing tests with model ship, the superhydrophobic coatings also exhibited around 16% drag reduction at a velocity of 0.3 m/s.

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  1. College of Power & Energy Engineering, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China

    Zhipeng Wang, Rui Li, Zhijun Shuai & Wanyou Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education & College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China

    Songsong Zhang, Shan Gao, Xiao Ouyang, Jie Li & Hao Wei

  3. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering & Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymer, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China

    Shanshan Lyu

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Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds of the Central Universities of China(No.HEUCFJ161003).

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Wang, Z., Zhang, S., Gao, S. et al. A Simple, Low-cost Method to Fabricate Drag-reducing Coatings on a Macroscopic Model Ship. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 34, 616–621 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-018-8032-2

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