Propellers and Propulsion: Kul-24.3200 Introduction of Marine Hydrodynamics
Propellers and Propulsion: Kul-24.3200 Introduction of Marine Hydrodynamics
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Kul-24.3200 Introduction of Marine Hydrodynamics
Additional reading
• Matusiak J (2010) Laivan propulsio. M-176. Chapter 8
• Matusiak J (2008) Short introduction to Ship Resistance and
Propulsion. Section 5.10
• Lewis E.V., editor (1988) Principles of Naval Architecture, Second
revision. Volume II. SNAME. Chapter 7. Available in Knovel.
• Exercise 8
• Select a propeller for the ship that you design
• Evaluation
• Evaluation
• At the tip and at the root of propeller blade, tip vortices are formed
• If they are sufficiently strong, they start to cavitate, especially for a
blade close to top position
• Root cavitation occurs seldom because of deep submergence (high
hydrostatic pressure)
• If it occurs it causes much harm in a form of erosion
CPP
• When revolutions are kept high
and pitch is low.
• Angles of attack may get negative values, especially in a tip region
• As a result flow accelerates strongly
• Strong and narrow low pressure peak at the pressure side
• Unsteady cavitation and bubble cavitation occur.
• Evaluation
• Biggest effect
• Propeller blade area
• Pitch
• Shape of the hydrofoil
• Criteria of Burrill
• Keller’s equation
In old times
• Hydrofoil was of the same shape as airofoil
• Typically used shape was NACA-four digit –
airfoil which had poor cavitation properties
• Strong low pressure peak at the leading edge
Better option
• So-called NACA a = 0.8 mean line (modified) –
airfoil
• Pressure is distributed more evenly
• Evaluation
• Evaluation
• Cavitation model tests: how the introduction of blade skew reduce the
propeller excitation
• Evaluation
Holden’s method
• The most popular one.
• Based on the measured data of 72 ships.
• Enables approximating
• the magnitude and the distribution of the pressure caused by the propeller.
• Frequencies: Blade frequency and 2 * blade frequency
• Vibratory level of the ship.
• Given: Parameters that the method needs and the limits on the allowed values
of these parameters. Do not use it the case does not fulfil the limits!
• Does not take into account the skew. If skew is significant, apply another
method for its effect (see earlier).
• Final pressure: the result of Holden multiplied by FS.
Criterion 1
• Maximum value of the wave when and
Criterion 2
• Maximum value of the whole wake
Criterion 3
• The width of the top of the wake:
Criterion 4 Criterion 5
• How do you take into account the cavitation in the design of the
propeller?