INDUCED VELOCITY FIELD OF A FULLY CAVITATING PROPELLER AND INTERACTION EXPERIMENTS WITH A FULLY CAVITATING PROPELLER BEHIND A HYDROFOIL,

Abstract

The induced velocity field of a 3-bladed fully cavitating propeller was calculated by considering the combined effects of propeller blade loading and blade cavity thickness. Numerical results for the case investigated showed that forward of such a propeller the total induced axial velocity is quite small, and opposes the ambient axial velocity. This result is consistent with the experimental results presented where the thrust deduction of a fully cavitating propeller behind a hydrofoil was found to be practically zero. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0436334

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  • John L. Beveridge

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blades
  • Engineering
  • Hydrofoils
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical Properties
  • Propeller Blades
  • Propeller Components
  • Propellers
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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