Method for improving a fluid dynamic profile of a marine vessel, a marine vessel having an improved fluid dynamic profile, and a coating system for improving the fluid dynamic profile
AssigneeHempel A/S
InventorsDiego Meseguer Yebra, Stefan Møller Olsen, Eduardo Andres Martinez, Kim Flugt Sørensen
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Abstract
A method for improving a fluid dynamic profile and fouling properties of a marine vessel with a welding seam which forms a cap protruding above a surface being under the waterline of a vessel. The method comprising amending the welding seam by applying a fairing to the underwater surface, e.g. by use of filler. A vessel with a fairing, and a coating system for a vessel and including a fairing.
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A method for improving a fluid dynamic profile of a marine vessel, the method comprising the step of identifying at least one welding seam forming a cap protruding above an underwater surface of the marine vessel, and amending a profile of the marine vessel by applying a fairing to the underwater surface and to the at least one welding seam,
- wherein the fairing is applied to the underwater surface and to the at least one welding seam by applying unsolidified filler to the underwater surface and to the at least one welding seam, shaping the filler, and solidifying the filler.
A marine vessel having a hull forming a welding seam extending along an underwater surface and forming a cap projecting a seam-height in an outwards direction away from the underwater surface, the marine vessel further comprising a fairing extending in an axial direction and projecting a fairing-height in the outwards direction and covering at least a part of the welding seam and underwater surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.