Operating under contract to U S Navy Bureau of Ordnance, Penn State's Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel will provide accurate facilities for testing large scale model marine propellers, submarines, torpedoes, and other types of marine equipment; 95-in., 4-blade, variable pitch propeller is powered by 2000-hp, 195-rpm, 2300-v wound rotor motor, utilizing modified Kraemer type of speed control; control holds speed to within 1/4%.


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    Title :

    Driving world's largest water tunnel


    Additional title:

    Allis-Chalmers Elec Rev


    Contributors:
    Boening, E.F. (author) / Scott, F.M. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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