Article ID: CBB001321047

The Mutual Influence of Aircraft Aerodynamics and Ship Hydrodynamics in Theory and Experiment (2014)

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As early as 1784, sharp-eyed engineers and scientists noted striking similarities between the dynamics of seagoing vessels and aerial vehicles. By the early twentieth century, naval engineers and scientists were developing and designing airplanes and dirigibles using empirical principles derived from naval architecture. Several key researchers in aerodynamics began their career as naval architects (David A. Taylor, William F. Durand and Jerome C. Hunsaker) and carried out their experiments in ship testing facilities. By the 1930s, however, the transfer of knowledge was irrevocably reversed as empiricism gave way to more fundamental, physics-based research. The rapid evolution of complex aircraft systems and flight envelopes led to new theoretical developments in aerodynamics and maneuvering, which quickly found their way into naval ship design. The theoretical and experimental results for airfoils, rigid airships and fixed-wing aircraft developed by Ludwig Prandtl, Theodore von Kármán, Max M. Munk and Hilda M. Lyon were employed in the hydrodynamic development of surface ships and submarines. This paper examines how the ideas, concepts and data from one discipline influenced the other and explores the processes by which that knowledge was transferred between disciplines.

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Authors & Contributors
Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Harland, John H.
Michael H. Creswell
Alexander Pollara
Gregory N. Stern
Géraldine Barron
Concepts
Ships and shipbuilding
Engineering, naval
Technology
Shipbuilding industry
Airships; dirigibles
Hydrodynamics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
United States
France
Ukraine
Spain
Italy
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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