Propulsion characteristics of wing-in-ground effect dual-foil propulsors

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Liu, Pengfei ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Huang, Guojun ^c   Veitch, Brian ^d   Millan, Jim ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oscillating foil; Panel method; Propeller; Propulsor; Wing in ground effect

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATING FOILS; PANEL METHOD; PANEL METHODS; PROPULSORS; WING IN GROUND EFFECT;

GROUND EFFECT; PROPULSION; SPEED;

PROPELLERS;

CAVITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAG; OSCILLATION; PANEL DATA;

EID: 77954563264     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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