Escort tug at large yaw angle: Comparison of CFD predictions with experimental data

Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part B: International Journal of Small Craft Technology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-60

  Molyneux, D ^a   Bose, N ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DRAG; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; TUGBOATS;

ESCORT TUGS; YAW ANGLES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 51349145109     PISSN: 17400694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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