Utilizing fluid-structure interactions to improve energy efficiency of composite marine propellers in spatially varying wake

Composite Structures

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-313

  Motley, M R ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Young, Y L ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Energy efficiency; Fluid structure interaction; Propeller; Self adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC COMPOSITES; BENDING-TWISTING COUPLING; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE BLADES; COMPOSITE PROPELLERS; FLEXIBLE COMPOSITES; MARINE PROPELLER; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE CURVE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PRIMARY SOURCES; SELF-ADAPTATION;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; PROPELLERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ANISOTROPY; BENDING; COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MARINE TEXTILE; PLASTIC;

EID: 67349175740     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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