An Euler solver, based on a finite volume approach, is developed and applied to the prediction of the effective wake for propellers subject to non-axisymmetric inflows. The method is coupled with an existing lifting-surface vortex-lattice method for the analysis of unsteady cavitating propeller flows. An axisymmetric and a fully three-dimensional version of the method are presented. The results are validated against analytical solutions from potential flow and actuator disk theory. The effect of the grid parameters on the results ( circumferential average and amplitudes of harmonics of the predicted effective wake) is found to be very weak. The predicted total velocity field correlates very well with that measured in propeller experiments in axisymmetric flow.
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SNAME 25th American Towing Tank Conference
October 24–25, 1998
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
A 3-D Euler Solver and its Application on the Analysis of Cavitating Propellers
Jin Keun Choi;
Jin Keun Choi
The University of Texas at Austin
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Spyros A. Kinnas
Spyros A. Kinnas
The University of Texas at Austin
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Paper presented at the SNAME 25th American Towing Tank Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, October 1998.
Paper Number:
SNAME-ATTC-1998-018
Published:
October 24 1998
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Choi , Jin Keun, and Spyros A. Kinnas "A 3-D Euler Solver and its Application on the Analysis of Cavitating Propellers." Paper presented at the SNAME 25th American Towing Tank Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, October 1998. doi: https://doi.org/10.5957/ATTC-1998-018
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