VALIDATION OF A FORWARD MARCHING PROCEDURE TO COMPUTE TIP VORTEX GENERATION PROCESS FOR SHIP PROPELLER BLADES

The tip vortex flow field has a significant influence on the performance of a ship's propeller. The ability to compute the tip vortex flow field would be a valuable aid in the design of ship propellers, and in the analysis of their performance. This report investigates the feasibility of computing the tip vortex generation process with a forward-marching computation procedure. For the purpose of this research, turbulent flow test cases were considered. The results of the computations were compared with experimental data and demonstrate the capability of the forward-marching procedure to accurately compute the flow processes in the tip vortex generation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report
• Corporate Authors:

  Scientific Research Associates, Inc.

  Glastonbury, CT  United States 

  Office of Naval Research

  Department of the Navy, 800 North Quincy Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22217
• Authors:
  • de Jong, F J
  • Govindan, T R
  • Levy, R
• Publication Date: 1988-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: Various p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Flow; Flow fields; Propeller blades; Turbulence; Validation
• Candidate Terms: Turbulent flow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Old TRIS Terms: Tip vortices
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00657522
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Report/Paper Numbers: R88-920023-F
• Contract Numbers: NOOO14-84-C-0661
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM