OpenProp, an open-source computational tool for the design and analysis of propellers and horizontal-axis turbines, is extended to provide estimates of normal stresses in the blades for both on- and off-design operating conditions. The numerical model is based on propeller lifting theory, and the present implementation of the code includes an analysis capability to estimate the off-design performance of the propeller or turbine and to make blade stress predictions. As an example, we present the design and performance of a two-bladed propeller. Experimental measurements of the propeller performance over a wide range of off-design operating conditions agree with performance predictions. Estimates of the blade stress are given for on-design and off-design operating states of the propeller.


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    Title :

    Propeller blade stress estimates using lifting line theory



    Publication date :

    2010


    Remarks:

    Epps, Brenden, Jerod Ketcham, and Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis. "Propeller blade stress estimates using lifting line theory." Grand Challenges in Modeling & Simulation: Proceedings of the 2010 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim '10 2010, Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 11-14, 2010. Web.



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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