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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/8894908 |
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| Author | Search for: Islam, M.; Search for: He, M. |
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| Format | Text, Technical Report |
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| Subject | Podded; propellers; propulsion; cavitation |
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| Abstract | This study presents the experimental study of some podded propellers with different hub geometry. The experiments were conducted in the cavitation tunnel at Institute for Ocean Technology (IOT), NRC Canada. Four model propellers having the same blade sections but different hub geometry were designed and manufactured and tested at different cavitating conditions. The objective was to investigate the variations of propulsive performance and cavitation characteristics of the propellers because of different hub geometry. Tests were done in various combinations of flow velocity, propeller rotational speed and tunnel pressure. All of the propellers were tested in a wide range of advance coefficients and cavitation numbers to measure propeller thrust and torque. Reynolds Number effects on performance at design cavitation number, effect of hub taper angle on cavitation inception and comparison of performance under various cavitation conditions were investigated. The study gives a suitable basis for comparison of pusher and puller propellers' performance (propeller only case) under cavitating conditions. It is concluded that the puller configuration propellers had better performance than the pusher configuration propellers under majority of test conditions. Results also show that hub taper angle does not have noticeable effect on visual cavitation inception and desinence. |
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| Publication date | 2007 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Ocean Technology |
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| Place | St. John's, Newfoundland |
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| Language | English |
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| NRC number | NRC-IOT-6432 |
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| NPARC number | 8894908 |
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| Record identifier | 2b24ad42-3975-4ff1-9e62-12fe8fba87c8 |
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| Record created | 2009-04-22 |
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| Record modified | 2022-09-15 |
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