Analysis of the hydrodynamic characteristics of chain-link woven copper alloy nets for fish cages

作者：Cha, Bong Jin^*; Kim, Hyun Young; Bae, Jae Hyun; Yang, Yong Su; Kim, Dae Hyun

来源：Aquacultural Engineering, 2013, 56: 79-85.

DOI：10.1016/j.aquaeng.2013.05.002

• Copper alloy nets
• Chain-link woven
• Drag coefficient
• Lift coefficient
• Circulating water channel
• Particle image velocimetry (PIV)

Copper alloy nets have drawn attention from researchers and fishermen as an alternative to fabric nets for fish cages, due to such advantages as protection from predators, better cage volume retention, and good resistance to bio-fouling. The drag and lift coefficients of nine chain-link woven copper alloys and three knotless fabric nets were derived using a circulating water channel and structural analysis of the nets. The flow through one copper alloy net was visualized using particle image velocimetry (PIV) to understand better the hydrodynamic characteristics necessary for the use of the net in a fish cage. The trends in behavior of the drag and lift coefficients for the copper alloy nets based on various attack angles and current speeds were highly similar to those of the fabric nets. The coefficients of the copper alloy nets were larger than those of the fabric nets for attack angles less than 30 degrees. For angles greater than 30, the coefficients of the fabric nets were larger than those of the copper alloy nets. These results might be attributed to structural differences between the two nets, as well as the roughness of the surfaces. The hydrodynamic characteristics of the alloy nets were illustrated using Ply, and a difference in the structure of the net was observed to reduce the resistance when the net was set against the current with an attack angle of 90 degrees.

• 出版日期2013-9