The Influence of Blade-Width Distribution on Propeller Characteristics

Abstract

Combined force and wake survey tests on three-blade model propellers have been made in the Guggenheim Aeronautic Laboratory of Stanford University to determine the effects of blade-width distribution upon constant-speed efficiency characteristics. The blades of the various models differed widely in plan form but all incorporated the same pitch distribution and were of such widths as to make their activity factors equal; as a result, all the models exhibited substantially identical power-absorption capacities at equal pitch settings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1949
Accession Number
ADA380686

Entities

People

  • Elliot G. Reid

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Accuracy
  • Arm Bones
  • Calibration
  • Coefficients
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Lepidoptera
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Planform
  • Propellers
  • Static Pressure
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thrust Reversal
  • Universities

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.