I have just done my Msc thesis on circulation control of a marine
propeller duct. It also proposes a new type of non ducted propeller
that can utilise the effect. It may be of interest to some people now
or in the future so just in case anyone is interested you can find it
here:
http://www.geocities.com/craigwardrtw/CC.html
(note the document can only be downloaded so many times a day since the
geocity data transfer is limited)
Cheers
Craig