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.
Claims25
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 vessel, and amending a profile of the vessel by applying a fairing to the underwater surface and to the welding seam.
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 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.