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Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Biplane-Type Otter Board with the Canvas Through Flume-Tank Experiment

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Hydrodynamic characteristics of a biplane-type otter board, equipped with nylon canvas of 2 mm in thickness was investigated through flume-tank experiment in this study. A series of predesigned structures with different gap-chord ratios G/c (0.75, 0.90, 1.05), stagger angles θ (30°, 45°, 60°), and proportions of flexible area relative to the whole wing area fr (0, 55%, 65%, 75%), at an aspect ratio of 2.0 and a camber ratio of 15%, were experimentally carried out. The results showed the solution referring to the usage of flexible canvas replacing part of rigid structure for the biplane-type otter board was efficient for the trawling in the middle or shallow water area. The improvement of lift and stability for the biplane-type otter board was concluded, and drag of the structure was reduced by 1.9% at fr = 55%. In addition, the coefficient of variation of the lift and drag coefficient at different current velocities were 2.69% and 2.28%, respectively, which was smaller than those at relatively large proportion of the flexible area. Compared with the other tested structures, the frame-type flexible structure with the gap-chord ratio of 0.9 and a stagger angle of 45° and the proportion of the flexible area of 55%, performed best, and its drag was reduced by 5.72% and lift increased by 4.8%, compared with the rigid biplane-type otter board at the angles of attack from 18° to 28°.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Liu, L., Qu, X., Wang, F., Ma, J., and Zang, Y. (Zhejiang Ocean University, China) for their support.

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The study was financially supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018C02040).

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  1. Department of Marine Fisheries, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China

    Si-jie Xie, Ru-ke Wu & Wei-hua Song

  2. Key Laboratory of Marine Fishery Equipment and Technology of Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316022, China

    Si-jie Xie, Ru-ke Wu & Wei-hua Song

  3. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minato, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan

    Fu-xiang Hu

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Xie, Sj., Wu, Rk., Hu, Fx. et al. Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Biplane-Type Otter Board with the Canvas Through Flume-Tank Experiment. China Ocean Eng 36, 911–921 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-022-0080-1

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