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Examination of drag coefficient with special reference to the windsea Reynolds number: Conditions with counter and mixed swell

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The effect of swell on the drag coefficient, C D, observed at the Hiratsuka Tower Station, presented by Suzuki et al. (1998, 2002), has been investigated. C D increases sharply with the windsea Reynolds number, R B, when there is a counter swell against the windsea direction, and only gradually when the swell comes from a mixture of directions. In cases where 2-D wave spectra were unavailable (1998, and others), swells showed a scattering effect compared with the pure windsea case on the C D-R B Diagram. R B is a useful parameter for investigating the effect of swells and further systematic accumulation of appropriate data is needed.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Kowakae, Higasi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan

    Naoya Suzuki

  2. Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University, Iwakura-nakamachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-0025, Japan

    Yoshiaki Toba

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Satoru Komori

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Suzuki, N., Toba, Y. & Komori, S. Examination of drag coefficient with special reference to the windsea Reynolds number: Conditions with counter and mixed swell. J Oceanogr 66, 731–739 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-010-0060-6

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