Utilization of bend-twist coupling for performance enhancement of composite marine propellers

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1102-1116

  Liu, Zhanke ^a   Young, Yin L ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bend twist coupling; Design methodology; Fluid structure interaction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; ANISOTROPIC COMPOSITES; BEND-TWIST COUPLING; BINARY OPTIMIZATION; COUPLING CHARACTERISTIC; COUPLING EFFECT; DESIGN FLOWS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENHANCED GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDRODYNAMIC LOADING; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MARINE PROPELLER; MATERIAL DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROPELLERS;

DESIGN;

EID: 68749113783     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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