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NASA NTRS · 19960024423

Propellers And Fans Based On The Moebius Strip

Abstract

Moebius strip proposed as basis for optimally shaped airplane and boat propellers, fans, helicopter rotors, mixing screws, coffee grinders, and concrete mixers. Basic idea of optimal shaping of such device to increase working efficiency by increasing area for capture of still medium without increasing power needed for rotation.

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Seiner, John Milton, Gilinsky, Mikhail Markovich. 1996-06-01. Propellers And Fans Based On The Moebius Strip. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19960024423

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