A two-frame PIV (particle image velocimetry) technique is used to investigate the wake characteristics behind a marine propeller with 4 blades at high Reynolds number. For each of 9 different blade phases from 0 degree to 80 degree, 150 instantaneous velocity fields are measured. They are ensemble averaged to study the spatial evolution of the propeller wake in the region ranging from the trailing edge to one propeller diameter (D) downstream location. The phase-averaged mean velocity shows that the trailing vorticity is related to radial velocity jump, and the viscous wake is affected by boundary layers developed on the blade surfaces and centrifugal force. Both Galilean decomposition method and vortex identification method using swirling strength calculation are very useful for the study of vortex behaviors in the propeller wake region. The slipstream contraction occurs in the near-wake region up to about X/D=0.53 downstream. Thereafter, unstable oscillation occurs because of the reduction of interaction between the tip vortex and the wake sheet behind the maximum contraction point.
Analysis of wake behind a rotating propeller using PIV technique in a cavitation tunnel
Berechnung des Nachstroms hinter einem sich drehenden Propeller unter Verwendung der Teilchenabbildgeschwindigkeitsmessung in einem Kavitationstunnel
Ocean Engineering ; 34 , 3-4 ; 594-604
2007
11 Seiten, 15 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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