Chinese Journal of Ship Research, Volume. 17, Issue 4, 183(2022)

Tehnical development status and prospect of flexible sails of unmanned sailboats

Zejiang FANG1... Junzhe TAN1,2, Guangying JI1, Peng YUAN1,2, Ze SUN1, and Shujie WANG12 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
  • 2Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Qingdao 266100, China
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    Zejiang FANG, Junzhe TAN, Guangying JI, Peng YUAN, Ze SUN, Shujie WANG. Tehnical development status and prospect of flexible sails of unmanned sailboats[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2022, 17(4): 183

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    Category: Ship Structure and Fittings

    Received: May. 11, 2021

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    Published Online: Mar. 26, 2025

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    DOI:10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.02371

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