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The Wheel Pump Propulsion System for Floating Vehicles
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Abstract
A novel design in which the wheel of a military vehicle is modified into an axial flow pump in order to provide improved forward propulsion is presented along with full scale experimental data and concept evaluation.
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Ehrlich, I., Sloss, D., Hanamoto, B., and Nuttall, C., "The Wheel Pump Propulsion System for Floating Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 710230, 1971, https://doi.org/10.4271/710230.Also In
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- “1/4-Ton Truck Flotation Studies,” U. S. Army Tank Automotive Command April 1965
- Rymiszewski A.J. “Improving the Water Speed of Wheeled Vehicles,” Journal of Terramechanics 1 1 1964
- Ehrlich I.R. Nuttall C.J. “Preliminary Studies of a Wheel Pump for the Propulsion of Floating Vehicles,” Davidson Laboratory Report 1419 December 1969
- Sloss D. “Water Performance Tests of the Wheel Pump Installed on a 1/4-Ton Floater/Swimmer,” Davidson Laboratory Report 1450 March 1970