propeller tunnel

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• Tunnel stern — Tun nel stern A design of motor boat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend below the greatest draft. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Propeller — A propeller is essentially a type of fan which transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust for propulsion of a vehicle such as an aircraft, ship, or submarine through a mass such as water or air, by rotating two or more twisted… …   Wikipedia

• tunnel — n. & v. n. 1 an artificial underground passage through a hill or under a road or river etc., esp. for a railway or road to pass through, or in a mine. 2 an underground passage dug by a burrowing animal. 3 a prolonged period of difficulty or… …   Useful english dictionary

• Tunnel hull — A Tunnel Hull is a type of boat hull that uses two typically planing hulls with a solid center that traps air. This entrapment then creates aerodynamic lift in addition to the planing lift from the hulls. Many times this is attributed to ground… …   Wikipedia

• Water tunnel (hydrodynamic) — A water tunnel is an experimental facility used for testing the hydrodynamic behavior of submerged bodies in flowing water. It is very similar to a recirculating wind tunnel but with water as the working fluid, and related phenomena are… …   Wikipedia

• Wind tunnel — A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects.Ways that wind speed and flow are measured in wind tunnels: * Threads can be attached to the surface of study objects to… …   Wikipedia

• Emerson Cavitation Tunnel — Infobox University name = Emerson Cavitation Tunnel native name = latin name = motto = established = 1949 type = endowment = staff = Prof. Mehmet Atlar Director faculty = rector = chancellor = principal = dean = head label = head = free label =… …   Wikipedia

• transmission tunnel — A semicircular or oval bulge along the longitudinal axis of the floorpan to accommodate the propeller shaft and, at its front end, the transmission, enabling the shaft and transmission mounting position to be raised to the floorpan level, thus… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• shaft tunnel — noun or shaft alley : a narrow watertight compartment through which the propeller shaft of a ship passes from the after engine room bulkhead to the stern tube …   Useful english dictionary

• Michael Triantafyllou — is Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Center for Ocean Engineering, Head of the Area of Ocean Science and Engineering, and Director of the Testing Tank and Propeller Tunnel… …   Wikipedia

• Deflected slipstream — is an approach to creating an aircraft that can take off and land vertically (VTOL), or at least with a very short runway (STOL). The basic principle is to deflect the slipstream from one or more propellers approximately 90 degrees, to create an… …   Wikipedia