A Review on Hybrid Composites used for Marine Propellers

Abstract

Parts and constructions performance in the marine environments are subjected to high stress a priori to the measures of wind and waves. This review involve about the hybrid composite fabrication from artificial fibers of polymer composite. Hybrid composite furnish combination of property such as tensile modulus, compressive and impact strength which cannot realized in composite materials. The materials used for marine propellers of a varying number of blades with the fixed and controllable pitch having different diameters and skew angles and type of propellers were reviewed. Structural simulation, erosion wear tests, cavitations, bend twist coupling analyses, CFD case studies, fluid simulation method reviewed in this paper. Glass fiber composites proved to be economical and its adaptable in economical point of view. Carbon fiber composite propellers have more advantages than others with little compromise. In current scenario hybrid composite have been established as highly efficient, structural materials, high performances and their use is rapidly increasing. The current paper outline the utilizing of hybrid composite material for marine propellers as their versatility in enhancing good results. CONTACT Abdul Raheem abdulraheem3030@gmail.com Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brindavan College of Engineering, Bangalore-560063,VTU, Karnataka, India. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Enviro Research Publishers. This is an Open Access article licensed under a Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY). Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/msri/180101 Article History Received: 12 December 2020 Accepted: 27 January 2021