Contents: Executive Summary; Introduction -- Limitation of Existing Propulsion Systems, Trends in Ship Power Requirements, Propeller Configuration, Supercavitating Propellers, Water Jet Propulsion, Integrate Ship and Propeller Into a Single System; The New Propulsion System -- The Hydraulic Axial Flow Transmission, Pump -- Specific Speed and Efficiency, The Inverted Turbine, Integrated Transmission Turbine and Propeller, The Thrust Reaction System, Thrust Reversal, Combined Propulsion Efficiency and Transmission Ratio, The Low Cavitation Pump, Boundary Layer Control on Propeller and Ship, The Total System and Contra-Rotation; The Air Models; The Water Model; Propulsion System Performance; Propulsion Applications and System Improvements; Conclusions -- Proof of Concept, Future Applications and the Total Ship System.


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