AN INTEGRATED THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE FOR PROPELLER DESIGN

The propeller design methodology developed and adopted during the last decade by CETENA, the Italian Ship Research Centre and by Cantieri Navali Riuniti, the Italian shipyard most concerned with naval ship construction, is outlined in this paper. The procedure is based upon both stationary surface effects theories and propeller behaviour simulation programs. A large amount of model and full scale tests was performed to check and optimize the propeller design from the aspects of propulsion, cavitation and noise. As soon as the optimum full scale propeller was defined, it was submitted to a complete experimental test programme. The results obtained for two naval vessels both in model tests and at full scale are presented and discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Symposium on Ship Hydrodynamics and Energy Saving, El Pardo, 6-9 Sept. 1983, Paper No. V-5 (13 pp., 15 ref., 17 fig.)
• Authors:
  • Accardo, L
  • Bau, F C
  • Colombo, A
  • Grossoi, L
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00687061
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM