Correlating the Ultrasonic Thrust Force with Acoustic Streaming Velocity

The UltraSonic Thruster (UST) is an actuator which employs a piezoelectric transducer to generate a highly directive ultrasonic wave so as to produce bulk fluid movement. This streaming phenomenon can be utilized underwater for thrusting or maneuvering purposes in marine applications, and parti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tan, Alfred C. H., Hover, Franz S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62240
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2621-7633