Experimental Study of Open Water Non-Series Marine Propeller Performance
Later marine propeller is the main component of ship
propulsion system. For a non-series propeller, it is difficult to
indicate the open water marine propeller performance without an
experimental study to measure the marine propeller parameters.
In the present study, the open water performance of a non-series
marine propeller has been carried out experimentally. The
geometrical aspects of a commercial non-series marine propeller
have been measured for a propeller blade area ratio of 0.3985. The
measured propeller performance parameters were the thrust and
torque coefficients for different propeller rotational speed and
different water channel flow velocity, then the open water
performance for the propeller has been plotted.
In addition, a direct comparison between the obtained
experimental results and a theoretical study of a B-series marine
propeller of the same blade area ratio has been carried out. A
correction factor has been introduced to apply the operating
conditions of the experimental results to that of the theoretical study
for the studied marine propeller.
[1] Martinez-Calle, J., Balbona-Calvo, L., Gonzalez-Pérez, J., Blanco-
Marigorta, E. "An Open Water Numerical Model for A Marine
Propeller: A Comparison with Experimental Data" Proceedings of the
ASME FEDSM-02 2002 Joint US-European Fluids Engineering
Summer Conference, Montreal, Canada, FEDSM2002-31187, July 2002.
[2] Brandt, J. B. and Selig, M.S. "Propeller Performance Data at Low
Reynolds Numbers" 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting AIAA
2011-1255, Orlando, FL, USA, January 2011.
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prediction of marine propellers" http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ocean
Ocean Engineering 31 (2004) P 957-974.
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composite marine propeller using L8 orthogonal array" International
Journal of Engineering Science & Technology; 2011, Vol. 3 Issue 12,
p7998.
[5] http://www.discoverarmfield.co.uk/data/flumes/#s6.
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[7] Carlton J. S., "Marine Propellers and Propulsion", 2nd ed., USA:
Elsevier Ltd., 2007, page 103.
[1] Martinez-Calle, J., Balbona-Calvo, L., Gonzalez-Pérez, J., Blanco-
Marigorta, E. "An Open Water Numerical Model for A Marine
Propeller: A Comparison with Experimental Data" Proceedings of the
ASME FEDSM-02 2002 Joint US-European Fluids Engineering
Summer Conference, Montreal, Canada, FEDSM2002-31187, July 2002.
[2] Brandt, J. B. and Selig, M.S. "Propeller Performance Data at Low
Reynolds Numbers" 49 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting AIAA
2011-1255, Orlando, FL, USA, January 2011.
[3] Benini, E. "Significance of blade element theory in performance
prediction of marine propellers" http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ocean
Ocean Engineering 31 (2004) P 957-974.
[4] Raj, S. Solomon, Reddy, P. Ravinder "Performance evaluation of
composite marine propeller using L8 orthogonal array" International
Journal of Engineering Science & Technology; 2011, Vol. 3 Issue 12,
p7998.
[5] http://www.discoverarmfield.co.uk/data/flumes/#s6.
[6] http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/weirs-flow-rate-d_592.html.
[7] Carlton J. S., "Marine Propellers and Propulsion", 2nd ed., USA:
Elsevier Ltd., 2007, page 103.
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propulsion system. For a non-series propeller, it is difficult to
indicate the open water marine propeller performance without an
experimental study to measure the marine propeller parameters.
In the present study, the open water performance of a non-series
marine propeller has been carried out experimentally. The
geometrical aspects of a commercial non-series marine propeller
have been measured for a propeller blade area ratio of 0.3985. The
measured propeller performance parameters were the thrust and
torque coefficients for different propeller rotational speed and
different water channel flow velocity, then the open water
performance for the propeller has been plotted.
In addition, a direct comparison between the obtained
experimental results and a theoretical study of a B-series marine
propeller of the same blade area ratio has been carried out. A
correction factor has been introduced to apply the operating
conditions of the experimental results to that of the theoretical study
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