It has been shown by various authors (Doctors, Taravella, etc.) that the transom Kutta condition can be nicely predicted as occurring when the...
If you intend the vehicle to move across land, be aware of some additional considerations: Texture in the land will cause tremendous increases in...
There have been many attempts to make practical skirt systems out of rigid and semi-rigid materials. In all cases the drag and motions penalties...
Thanks for finding that! Always hard to find four-quadrant data, but in this age of increasing interest in electric drive with regeneration it is...
I am considering purchase of an Amor 40, but I am surprised at how little information I can find on this boat. (40 ft FRP cruising sailboat built...
Mr. Efficiency: In the ballistic analogy the trim has negligible effect because even with trim there is very little initial vertical velocity...
The ballistic analogy published by Taravella et al would work here. This states that, right at the transom, the slope of the surface is:...
Thank you both! I am embarrassed to learn that it was right on my shelf the whole time...I tend to grab my 1967 PNA instead of the 1988 version....
Greetings. Can any of you share with me a set of KT(J), KQ(J), eta(J) curves for the Kaplan Ka series propos, in 19a nozzle? (Or their...
You could contact Dr. Taravella and ask him: http://www.uno.edu/coe/naval-architecture-marine-engineering/faculty/taravella.aspx
Not sure this is what you are asking, but you may be interested to take a look at the naval architecture program at the University of New Orleans.
What is the effector used to accomplish zero-speed RCS?
Very cool Bill! Thanks for posting.