Thrust and wake characterization in small, robust ultrasonic thrusters

MTS/IEEE Seattle, OCEANS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tan, A C H ^a   Hover, F S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; DUTY CYCLES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLUID MOVEMENT; HIGH-FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC WAVES; HIGH-POWER; MARINE ROBOTICS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; RECTANGULAR SOURCE; SINUSOIDAL FREQUENCY; SMALL VEHICLE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMIMETICS; PROPULSION; SUBMERSIBLES; ULTRASONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATER CRAFT;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 78651332306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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