The Geometry of Marine Propellers

Abstract

The geometry of marine propellers is described in this report. The types of data used for blade section description are covered and methods for generating blade section leading and trailing edge forms are derived. A method for generating the blade tip from minimal data is given. The computer program BLADE developed for generating 3 dimensional propeller blade coordinates is described together with examples of its graphic output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA203683

Entities

People

  • Donald R. Smith
  • John E. Slater

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Blade Tips
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Curve Fitting
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Leading Edges
  • Lines (Geometry)
  • Marine Propellers
  • Propeller Blades
  • Propellers
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trailing Edges
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)