THE WAKE PEAK AND ITS INFLUENCE IN MARINE PROPELLER DESIGN

The paper covers some aspects of wake variation from the viewpoint of practical design to prevent cavitation erosion. Three main variables are discussed: the propeller profile type, its width and its camber.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Symposium on "Hydrodynamics of Ship and Offshore Propulsion Systems, in Hovik outside Oslo, March 20-25, 1977, Session 2.
• Corporate Authors:

  Norske Veritas

  Grenseveien 92, Etterstad
  Oslo 6,   Norway 
• Authors:
  • Patience, G
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cavitation erosion; Propellers; Vehicle design; Wakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Propeller design; Propeller geometry; Wake analysis
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159987
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. 19/2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM