The effect of forward vehicle velocity on through-body AUV tunnel thruster performance

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 250-259

  Saunders, Aaron ^a   Nahon, Meyer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANEUVERABILITY; MOTION CONTROL; SPEED CONTROL; TUNNELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TUNNEL THRUSTERS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 0038648066     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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