A fairing element (230) intended for fairing an elongate object (1) comprising a channel (16) intended to receive the elongate object (1) and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the elongate object (1) when the elongate object is at least partially submerged, said fairing element comprising a leading edge (BA) and a trailing edge (BAPb), said fairing element being intended to be mounted pivoting on the elongate element about the longitudinal axis of the channel (16), said fairing element (230) comprising a supporting edge comprising a first supporting edge (Bzb) bevelled relative to the leading edge (BA), the first supporting edge (Bzb) being arranged such that the distance between the leading edge (BA) and the supporting edge (BAPb), considered perpendicularly to the leading edge (BA), reduces continuously, along an axis parallel to the leading edge (BA), from a first end of the first supporting edge (Bzb) to a second end of the supporting edge, said fairing element being referred to as a bevelled fairing element, the bevelled fairing element comprising a first part (231) and a second part (232) linked together along a first supporting edge (Bzb) such that the fairing element (232) can shift from a deployed configuration in which the trailing edge (BF) is parallel to the leading edge (BA) to a folded configuration in which the fairing element is folded along the first supporting edge (Bzb).
Fairing element, fairing, elongate faired element and towing assembly
2019-10-17
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
FAIRING ELEMENT, FAIRING, ELONGATE FAIRED ELEMENT AND TOWING ASSEMBLY
Europäisches Patentamt | 2018
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