Hydrodynamic-induced noise and vibrations has become a very important problem in the last years both in navy and civil naval architecture, in view of the increasing ship speed required, the high propeller thrust to be supplied and the need of comfortable vessels. In the present study an experimental analysis of the velocity and pressure fields behind a marine propeller, in non-cavitating regime is reported. Particle image velocimetry measurements were performed in phase with the propeller angle, to investigate the evolution of the axial and the radial velocity components, from the blade trailing edge up to two diameters downstream. In phase pressure measurements were performed at four radial and eight longitudinal positions downstream the propeller model at different advance ratios. Pressure data, processed by using slotting techniques, allowed reconstructing the evolution of the pressure field in phase with the reference blade position. In addition, the correlation of the velocity and pressure signals was performed. The analysis demonstrated that, within the near wake, the tip vortices passage is the most important contribution in generating the pressure field in the propeller flow. The incoming vortex breakdown process causes a strong deformation of the hub vortex far downstream of the slipstream contraction. This process contributes to the pressure generation at the shaft rate frequency.
Analysis of the propeller wake evolution by pressure and velocity phase measurements
Experiments in Fluids ; 41 , 3 ; 441-451
2006
11 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 11 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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