Accession Number:

AD0707075

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDROFOIL WATERJET PROPULSION SYSTEM TEST FACILITY,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL SHIP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Huang,Thomas T.
• Belt,Garnell S.

Report Date:

1970-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

A test rig was designed and built, utilizing an existing planar-motion mechanism PMM, for use in the high-speed towing basin. An experimental procedure and associated instrumentation were also developed for these experiments. An experiment using an existing nacelle-strut-foil hydrofoil model was made. Author

Descriptors:

• (*HYDROFOIL CRAFT
• JET PROPULSION)
• (*JET PROPULSION
• TEST FACILITIES)
• (*UNDERWATER PROPULSION
• JET PROPULSION)
• MODEL TESTS
• HYDROFOILS
• NACELLES

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE