Hydrodynamic Computational Analysis for Propeller

Authors

  • Yodchai Tiaple
  • Pongsan Twinprawate

Keywords:

Marine propeller,, Openwater characteristics,, Hydrodynamics,, CFD

Abstract

A propeller can hugely result in high fuel consumption efficiency for a boat. The study objective is to investigate hydrodynamic behaviour for designed propeller via three dimensional modelling. The propeller geometry is formed in three dimension by defining skew, pitch, chord, rake and thickness. These parameters are used to compute geometry at each radius of propeller in order to achieve hydrofoil section. Then, its performance is simulated by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results can show openwater characteristic which is very important for selecting the operating point, propeller dimension and rotation at the high efficiency point.         

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Published

2020-06-17

How to Cite

[1]
Y. . Tiaple and P. . Twinprawate, “Hydrodynamic Computational Analysis for Propeller ”, Eng. & Technol. Horiz., vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 85–90, Jun. 2020.

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 4 (2015): October - December

Section

Research Articles

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