The application discloses a
solid droplet-based drag reduction ball preparation and testing method, and relates to the
underwater drag reduction technical field.The preparation method comprises the following steps: performing decontamination treatment on the surface of a
steel ball, configuring a PDMS solution and pouring the PDMS solution into a
polytetrafluoroethylene mold with small holes with different curvature radii, performing vacuum degassing and solidification, and then peeling off to obtain
solid droplet structures with different curvature radii, and bonding the
solid droplet structures to the bottom of the
steel ball.Through the regulation and control of the solid droplet curvature
radius (2.5-10.8 mm) and the
water entry speed, the high-speed camera technology is used to observe the change law of the
sputtering crown formation,
air entrainment and
air cavity closure mode in the
water entry process, the quantitative analysis of the
underwater air cavity volume and the
drag coefficient is combined, and the influence of the solid droplet curvature
radius on the
air cavity shape and the drag reduction performance is verified.The solid droplet structure optimizes the air film capture efficiency, significantly reduces the blunt body
pressure difference resistance and the friction resistance, and the preparation process is simple, stable and suitable for the development of the
underwater vehicle drag reduction technology.