Efficient propulsion for the Tethys long-range autonomous underwater vehicle

2010 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, AUV 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bellingham, James G ^a   Zhang, Yanwu ^a   Kerwin, Justin E ^b   Erikson, Jonathan ^a   Hobson, Brett ^a   Kieft, Brian ^a   Godin, Michael ^a   McEwen, Robert ^a   Hoover, Thomas ^a   Paul, James ^c   Hamilton, Andrew ^a   Franklin, Jeffrey ^c   Banka, Andrew ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Airflow Sciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAYLOAD POWER; POWER DRAW; PROPULSION EFFICIENCY; PROPULSION SYSTEM; TEST RESULTS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; PROPULSION; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 79960685590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AUV.2010.5779645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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