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The theory discussed in this chapter is intended to give insight in the best way of working of a device which produces lift, thrust or any other prescribed force action. We will develop a linear theory and assume the fluid to be inviscid and incompressible. In the last section we mention influences of the viscosity of water and of the non-linearity of the flow, which will be dealt with in more detail in Chapter 6.
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Sparenberg, J.A. (1995). Optimization Theory. In: Hydrodynamic Propulsion and Its Optimization. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1812-7_5
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