Effect of the number of blades on propeller wake evolution

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-418

  Felli, Mario ^a   Guj, Giulio ^b   Camussi, Roberto ^b  

^a ITALIAN SHIP MODEL BASIN   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

BLADE GEOMETRY; PROPELLER WAKE EVOLUTION;

WAKES;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

EID: 38949209119     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0385-0     Document Type: Article

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