Measurement of propulsive power and evaluation of propulsive performance from the wake of a self-propelled vehicle

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Krueger, P S ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JET VELOCITIES; MASS FLOW RATE; MECHANICAL POWER; POWER COEFFICIENTS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE; TIME-AVERAGED;

PROPULSION; WAKES;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; FLOW KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; MOTOR VEHICLES; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 33847638508     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/4/S07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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