A numerical study of actuator disk parameters affecting the self-propulsion of a tanker

International Shipbuilding Progress

Volumn 43, Issue 433, 1996, Pages 5-47

  Tzabiras, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHIP PROPELLERS; TANKERS (SHIPS); TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

ACTUATOR DISK; CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTION; FROUDE NUMBER; SELF PROPULSION;

SHIP PROPULSION;

EID: 0030128335     PISSN: 0020868X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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