Any underwater vehicle like submarine, torpedo and AUV uses a propeller for propulsion. The significance of propeller is to develop thrust which propels the vehicle at its operational speed. The propeller geometry and design are complicated which involves many controlling parameters. The pressure difference is produced on the propeller blade between the forward and rear surfaces which accelerates water behind the blade. In addition to thrust generation, it creates noise which could be detected by the enemy. From stealth point of view, this noise is to be reduced. The present work is aimed at controlling the noise generated by the propeller by changing the skew angle of the propeller. The aim of this paper is to identify the skew angle of a propeller at which propeller noise is least. Unsteady non-cavitating noise of marine propeller of six blades with +5° skew, +10° skew, +15° skew and +20° skew and existing propeller at rotating speed of 780 rpm and vehicle speed of 7.08 m/s was predicted. The methodology adopted in CFD analysis is eddy viscosity model of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and for acoustic analysis is the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings (FW-H) formulation. From this numerical study on these propellers, it is found that the propeller having +15° skew angle generates the least noise.
Noise Control of a Marine Propeller by Modifying the Skew Angle
Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering
20.09.2020
11 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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