Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution's Engineering Division has developed and patented a high efficiency, counter-rotating ring thruster for underwater vehicles. Described herein are the design, performance and applications of this most unique propulsion device.
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This manuscript is available at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ and may be cited as: Holt, J. K., & White, D. G. (1994). High efficiency, counter‐rotating ring thruster for underwater vehicles. Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology: July 19 and 20, 1994, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (pp. 337-339). New York, N.Y.: IEEE. doi:10.1109/AUV.1994.518645
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1027.