NUMERICAL SOLUTION FOR THE NEAR WAKE OF A BODY WITH PROPELLER

A numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations applied to the tail and near wake region of a slender, axisymmetric body with a stern-mounted propeller is presented. The propeller is modeled as an actuator zone which may be arbitarily arranged in space with an arbitrary radial distribution of thrust. The turbulence exchange processes are described by an integrated, turbulent-kinetic-energy equation. The unsteady equations are cast in terms of the vorticity and a stream function. The vorticity equation is solved by an ADI method, and the stream function equation is solved by direct matrix reduction.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  1290 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY  United States  10019
• Authors:
  • Schetz, J A
  • Favin, S
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 136-141
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydronautics
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flow; Flow fields; Hydrodynamics; Thinness; Wakes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flow patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Slender bodies; Wake analysis
• Subject Areas: Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165432
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Journal of Hydronautics
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM