Performance Evaluation of Marine Propeller using Numerical Simulation

Veeranagouda Patil; H  R  Purushothama; A  Manjunatha  and Vijay Kumar Mishra

doi:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104693

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Performance Evaluation of Marine Propeller using Numerical Simulation

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/104693

Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 45, Pages: 1-5

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Performance Evaluation of Marine Propeller using Numerical Simulation

Veeranagouda Patil¹ , H. R. Purushothama¹ , A. Manjunatha² and Vijay Kumar Mishra²

¹Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur– 572103, Karnataka, India; [email protected] ²Contra Volts Infotech Pvt Ltd, Bangalore – 560016, Karnataka, India; [email protected]

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Abstract

In present paper, the performance of the marine propeller under non-cavitating condition is evaluated numerically using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach. The first objective of this paper is to review physics involved in bubble dynamics and prediction and control of cavitation that have been suggested in the literature. These mechanisms are evaluated with observations that are available from marine propeller, where cavitation has leads to erosion damage on the marine propeller. A second objective is to review physical model and its characteristics for the prediction of the risk of cavitation erosion. A detailed phenomenon of cavitation and description of the process leading to tip vortex cavitation and its effects on marine propeller performance is hypothesized.

Keywords: Cavitations, Marine Propeller, Numerical Simulation, Steady State Analysis