Effect of stroke ratio and duty cycle on propulsive efficiency of a pulsed jet underwater vehicle

39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moslemi, Ali A ^a   Krueger, Paul S ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMICS; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOFTWARE TESTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; JET VELOCITIES; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; PROPULSION SYSTEM; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; PULSED JETS; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; VEHICLE VELOCITY;

VEHICLES;

EID: 78349299833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-3705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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