STATIC STRESS MEASUREMENTS ON A SERIES OF SKEWED PROPELLER BLADES WITH AND WITHOUT FORWARD RAKE

Static strains were measured in a systematic series of five marine propeller blades. The propeller blades have projected skew angle at the blade tip equal to zero, 36 degrees and 72 degrees without rake, and 36 and 72 degrees with sufficient forward rake to place the locus of the section midchord in the propeller plane. This combination of skew and rake is called warp. The primary experiments were conducted with the blades under uniform loading applied with air pressure using specially constructed chambers. Limited supplemental experiments were conducted using concentrated loads. The experimental results under uniform loading were correlated with modified beam theory. Both the experimental results and the modified beam theory indicate that for all the skewed and warped propeller blades evaluated, the largest value of the maximum principal stress is no greater than 1.20 times the maximum principal stress on the unskewed propeller.

• Corporate Authors:

  David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center

  Ship Performance Department
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20084
• Authors:
  • Boswell, R J
  • Miller, Marc L
  • Kader, R D
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blades (Machinery); Mechanical loads; Propeller blades; Propellers; Stresses
• Old TRIS Terms: Blade stresses; Propeller loading; Propeller stresses; Rake; Skewed propellers
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145077
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SPD-712-01 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1977 12:00AM