Design, fabrication and testing of pitch-adapting (Flexible) composite propellers

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Propellers/Shafting 2006 Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chen, Benjamin Y H ^a   Neely, Stephen K ^a   Michael, Thad J ^a   Gowing, Scott ^a   Szwerc, Richard P ^a   Buchler, Dirk ^b   Schult, Reinert ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b A I R Fertigung Technologie GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC LOADING; PROPELLER WEIGHT;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CAVITATION; FLOW FIELDS; HULLS (SHIP); HYDRODYNAMICS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SHIP PROPELLERS;

EID: 84858473823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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