DRAG REDUCTION MULTILAYER FILM AND METHOD OF USE

• Main Authors: DIETZ, TIMOTHY, M, FRONEK, DANIEL, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.07.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BLASTING; BUILDING; CHEMISTRY; COSMONAUTICS; DYES; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS, i.e. METHODS OR MEANS FOR INFLUENCING THE FLOWOF GASES OR LIQUIDS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; GUTTERS; HEATING; HELICOPTERS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHES; RELATED EQUIPMENT; ROOF COVERINGS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; SKY-LIGHTS; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; WEAPONS

An article for reducing the drag caused by a fluid flowing over a surface comprises a backing layer having an outer, exposed patterned surface that reduces drag, and an adhesive bonding layer for bonding the backing layer to the surface of a substrate, the article being free of a reinforcing layer.