SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROPULSIVE WATER JET

To obtain a high velocity, coherent, propulsive water jet, proper nozzle design is required. Existing high performance nozzles are considered, and a selected design is tested to provide optimization and performance data in the form of velocity and thrust loss with increasing jet standoff. An expression is developed to predict the velocity loss using an empirical friction factor value determined from the data.(Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Postgraduate School

  1 University Circle
  Monterey, CA  United States  93943
• Authors:
  • Wilson Jr, J A
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 62 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engines; Flow; Waterjet propelled craft; Waterjets
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrojet engines; Waterjet flow; Waterjet propulsion
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035607
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1973 12:00AM