This article presents the experimental and numerical studies on the flow-induced vibration of propeller blades under periodic inflows. A total of two 7-bladed highly skewed model propellers of identical geometries but different elastic characteristics were operated in four-cycle and six-cycle inflows to study the blade vibratory strain response. A total of two kinds of wire mesh wake screens located 400 mm upstream of the propeller plane were used to generate four-cycle and six-cycle inflows. A laser Doppler velocimetry system located 100 mm downstream of the wake screen plane was used to measure the axial velocity distributions produced by the wake screens. Strain gauges were bonded onto the propeller blades in different positions. Data from strain gauges quantified vibratory strain amplitudes and excitation frequencies induced by the wake screens. The propellers were accelerated through the flexible propeller’s fundamental frequency to investigate the effect of resonance on vibratory strain response. The numerical work was conducted using large eddy simulation and moving mesh technique to predict the unsteady forces acting on the propeller blade when operating in a nonuniform inflow.
Experimental and numerical studies on the flow-induced vibration of propeller blades under nonuniform inflow
2017-05-01
15 pages
Article (Journal)
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English
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