The effect of propeller wake deformation on propeller design¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Cummings, D.E.

Affiliations: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, U.S.A.

Note: [1] Paper read before the 3rd Lips Propeller Symposium, Drunen, The Netherlands.

Abstract: A great deal of effort has been devoted in recent years to study of the deformation of the wake from propeller blades. Relationships between loading, vortex rollup, contraction, and pitch variation have been studied. This paper discusses analytical and experimental developments, and emphasizes the effects on design and performance of high speed high thrust subcavitating propellers.

DOI: 10.3233/ISP-1976-2326304

Journal: International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 23, no. 263, pp. 232-241, 1976