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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2014 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 1043-1048
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2014.1043.1048
Computational Development of Marine Propeller Design
Kiam Beng Yeo, Wen Yee Hau and Cheah Meng Ong

Abstract: This study demonstrates the computational development of marine propeller, starting with the formation of the three-dimensional model through computational software, followed by the fluid dynamics analysis for different profiles such as number of blades, pitch to diameter ratio, rake angle and skew angle. Analysis results showed that marine propeller with three or four blades have better performance while increasing of skew angle decreases the swirling problem. The importance of mesh refinement and locally defined cell sizes are also presented.

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Kiam Beng Yeo, Wen Yee Hau and Cheah Meng Ong, 2014. Computational Development of Marine Propeller Design. Journal of Applied Sciences, 14: 1043-1048.

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