A Comparison of One Tenth and Full Scale Measurements of the Drag and Geometry of a Pelagic Trawl
- Summary
- Current practices in modeling fishing gear have been investigated by comparing the shape and drag of a nylon pelagic trawl at one tenth scale with those of its full scale equivalents. The work has concluded that accurate modeling must take into account rope and twine elongation particularly in nylon nets and the change of drag coefficient with Reynolds Number and Froude Number is held constant. This report has been produced from a scanned original and may therefore contain some formatting and other inaccuracies. In cases where this affects the technical content, a paper copy of the original report can still be obtained from Seafish.
- Publication Reference No.
- SR409
- Publication date
- 01 November 1992
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