• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.1128-1134
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• 2010

This paper is about the development of the 300W underwater thrusting system driven by a brushless DC motor (BLDC) for underwater robots. A design of the structure such as the structure analysis on the thrusting system using FEM and the design of the propeller using the fluid analysis has been performed. Also, a new structure such as decoupling and non-gear structure has been explained. The performance test of the designed and developed thrusting system in water and in air was undertaken and its results were compared with an existing product with high performance. The comparison results show that the developed thrusting system has better performance by 16% in forward thrusting force and by 12% in backward thrusting force.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.476-483
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• 2012

This paper introduces the method for efficiency improvement of 5HP electric thrusting system for outboard motor. The most efficient model of motor and propeller is suggested and verifying its performance through the prototype model. Also, We show improvement of 20% compared to existing system through the equipped test.