The ship hull fouling penalty

Biofouling. 2003 Apr:19 Suppl:9-15. doi: 10.1080/0892701031000088535.

Abstract

The ship resistance penalties of slime, shell and weed are discussed in turn. Methods to measure the hard paint roughness of antifouling coatings are recapitulated. The determination of a satisfactory roughness parameter from correlations with measured roughness functions is described. This in turn, allows a relationship between ship added friction and roughness height to be found. This recapitulation allows consideration of using the same route for a surface with filamentous fouling. Consideration is given to low surface energy coatings and their roughness idiosyncrasies. The determination of economic penalties is discussed, both for a particular ship and globally.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biofilms*
  • Friction
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Paint / economics
  • Paint / microbiology
  • Ships / economics*
  • Surface Properties