{"title":"Simplified Plotting of Nondimensional Propeller Parameters and its Application to a Propeller Series for High-Speed Small Craft","authors":"H. F. Hillman","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-008","url":null,"abstract":"The traditional Bp-6 method of plotting propeller series data is very general. For most of his work, the author has found that his interest is in the propeller of optimum diameter. A plotting method is presented that yields optimum diameter and pitch for a given set of conditions. Because this plotting is not as general, it is simpler in appearance and easier to use.\u0000 A discussion of the dimensionless parameters used in plotting propeller data is also included to help clarify some misunderstandings that the author has encountered in the use of these parameters.\u0000 Curves of a propeller series for use with high-speed small craft are used to illustrate the author's plotting method and to make this propeller data available to other designers of small craft. The method of plotting has led to mathematical relationships that can easily be programmed on a computer or programmable calculator to give diameter and pitch of the optimum propeller. The equations needed to prepare a program are given.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115676329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Full Scale lcebreaking Stresses on Propellers of the Polar Star","authors":"G. Antonides, A. Hagen, Don Langreck","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-006","url":null,"abstract":"The POLAR Class icebreakers were the first large high powered icebreakers to use controllable pitch (GP) propellers. During their first three years of operation, significant structural problems were encountered with the internal mechanisms of the propellers. The initial failures were due largely to lack of understanding the loads imposed on the propeller by ice.\u0000 The Coast Guard decided to have the internal components of the propellers redesigned and rebuilt with the maximum strength that could be fit inside the same hub. At the same time the David W. Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center (DTNSRDC) instrumented the links and propeller blades to make stress measurements while actually breaking ice.\u0000 This paper briefly discusses the structural failures, the failure analysis, the design changes, full scale trial instrumentation, stress measurements, and computerized analysis of stresses along with fatigue life estimates.\u0000 The loads are not high enough to cause yielding of any of the structural components of the redesigned propeller, but are high enough to cause some fatigue damage. A computer program was written to analyze the stress data; the results are being used for predicting fatigue life, and for obtaining a statistical representation of the loads applied.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116927685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Pinnate Propeller","authors":"P. Simonsson","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-003","url":null,"abstract":"The pinnate propeller is a programmable pitch propeller constructed for the purpose of eliminating transient cavitation, vibrations and noise, Two inherent qualities of the pinnate propeller, better vibration performance and reduced risk of fatigue may be utilized for the purpose of achieving better propulsive performance by allowing for a larger propeller diameter and thinner blades. The ability of the pinnate propeller to cope with very unhomogenous wake fields makes it possible to use ship shapes with lower resistance than for conventional propellers.\u0000 This paper combines the results of a paper read at the International Conference on Advances in Propeller Research in Gdansk Poland in February 1981, with some further model tests in order to show what gain in propulsive efficiency can be expected by using the pinnate propeller.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134394354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of Baltic Ferries for the Eighties, Propellers and Aft End Vibrations","authors":"M. Kanerva, R. A. Salminen","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-005","url":null,"abstract":"The Wartsila Shipyards are building seven Baltic ferries between, 1979 and 1981, four of them are prototypes. The Turku Shipyards are building six of these ferries. Some of the main design criteria are high propulsive efficiency at various sailing conditions, low vibration and noise level, enough power for ice-navigation without problems, good maneuverability. To meet these criteria a lot of attention has to be paid for the design of hull form, propellers and aft ship construction.\u0000 Results of theoretical propeller calculations are presented. Model test results for three prototype ferries are presented, self-propulsion, cavitation and pressure pulse measurements. Comparative measurements were performed with a convential and a so called highly skewed c.p. propeller model.\u0000 Calculations of natural frequencies and modes and forced vibrations caused by propeller pressure pulses are presented. Estimates made for the vibration level are presented.\u0000 Forced vibration tests made with a vibration generator are presented.\u0000 During the sea trials the cavitation phenomenon has been photographed, pressure pulses and vibrations have been measured. Comparisons between theoretical propeller calculations, model tests and full scale measurements are presented.\u0000 Also vibration calculations, forced vibration tests and sea trial measurements are compared. Conclusions are drawn of the applicability of special c.p. propellers to reduce the vibration level in ice strengthened high-powered ferries.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"83 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113988194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"lnvestigation into Modeling and Measurement of Propeller Cavitation Source Strength at Blade Rate on Merchant Vessels","authors":"L. M. Gray","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-010","url":null,"abstract":"The forces exerted on a ship's hull by propeller cavitation, modulated at blade rate, can be simply expressed as a function of the cavity volume velocity. Analytical models exist and are being refined that are used to predict this cavitation volume velocity for a given propeller in a given wake field. Very little data exist on how well these models work, primarily because of the difficulty in measuring cavity volumes on an operating propeller.\u0000 This paper reviews recent work, sponsored by the Naval Research Laboratory, that has investigated the correlation between analytical models of propeller cavitation and ·measured cavity volumes on both full- and model-scale propellers (stereo photography data). These comparisons demonstrate that accurate prediction of cavitation volume is extremely dependent on accurate knowledge of input variables, especially the propeller wake field. These comparisons also point out limitations in the accuracies of the existing models.\u0000 Results are presented of measurements of cavity volume velocities made by calibrating the ship vibration by using the principle of reciprocity. The accuracy of this reciprocal technique is demonstrated by a comparison of the results obtained with the acoustic pressures radiated by the cavity source. These measurements are analyzed for some of the time-varying characteristics of the cavitation. These results demonstrate that time-varying characteristics resulting from wake turbulence, rudder motion, ship motion, etc., introduce severe fluctuations in the source strength of propeller cavitation.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121246879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sizing Segmental Section--Commercially Available Propellers for Small Craft","authors":"D. Blount, E. Hubble","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-007","url":null,"abstract":"Open water characteristics for segmental section propellers are synthesized as a function of pitch ratio, expanded area ratio and number of blades using modifications of the Wageningen B-Screw series polynomials. Thrust and torque limits in a cavitating environment are estimated from maximum thrust and torque load coefficients developed from the Gawn-Burrill cavitation data. Synthesized thrust and torque coefficients as functions of propeller advance coefficient and cavitation number are compared with experimental series data and with commercial propellers of the flat face, segmental section type tested in open water and under cavitating conditions.\u0000 A procedure for selection of propeller diameter and pitch ratio for best performance -- maximum efficiency and minimal cavitation -- is presented, with number of blades and expanded area ratio being preselected. The method is directed to selection of commercially available propellers for small craft, in lieu of more costly custom design propellers. Reference. is made to computer routines· for expediting propeller selection using synthesized performance data.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121457605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimization of Unsteady Propeller Forces that Excite Vibration of the Propulsion System","authors":"N. A. Brown","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-012","url":null,"abstract":"A simple method is presented for predicting the periodic forces Which act on a propeller operating in a spatially nonuniform wake flow. The method, based on a 10w aspect ratio type of approximation, yields results with an accuracy comparable to that of elaborate computer calculations but with considerable physical insight.\u0000 More important, the analysis has been inverted to create a design method explicitly yielding the propeller blade shape which will in principle produce zero net force for a chosen periodic component in a given wake field. A rational method for the design, of the propeller blade outline in terms of the distribution and total amount of skew, tailored to the wake, is thereby provided.\u0000 Model-scale measurements have demonstrated periodic thrust· fluctuations for propellers with blade forms designed by this method which are less considered theoretically minimum for the total blade skew incorporated.\u0000 The analysis indicates, and the measurements tend to verify, that the significant blade skew is that of the leading edge rather than the midchord line. The amount of skew required for force minimization may be half that previously believed necessary, but there are any number of skew distributions of greater amount which will in principle null a selected force component, each tailored to the same wake distribution.\u0000 Construction and operation of propeller blade forms designed by this method appear quite feasible.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127451864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Flowfield Near the Propeller of a Self-Propelled Slender Body with Appendages","authors":"J. Schetz, H. P. Stottmelster","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-001","url":null,"abstract":"An experimental investigation of the flow in the immediate vicinity of the propeller for a propeller-driven, slender body with and without appendages was conducted in the Virginia Tech wind tunnel, including measurement stations both immediately upstream and downstream of the propeller. Mean and turbulent flow quantities were examined for the disturbances induced by the appendages (a sail and/or a deck) which were added to the basic axisymmetric body to give it either a submarine-or airship-like arrangement and their interaction with the propeller. Five different model configurations were placed in a uniform free-stream flow corresponding to a Reynolds number of 4.5 x 105 based on body diameter. The streamlined appendages and their smooth, contoured junctures produced measurable disturbances in the flow behind the propeller of the body. The effect of adding the deck was to spread and flatten the velocity profile. Addition of the sail had no large influence on the mean flow quantities, whereas the combination of a sail and deck appeared to negate the stronger effect which the deck alone had on the wake. The other measured mean flow quantities - static pressure and flow angularity, appeared to have been dominated by the swirling motion produced by the propeller. The axial turbulence intensity was observed to increase in the wake of the sail outside the propeller slipstream. A peak in the turbulence profiles occurred at the radial stations in line with the tip of the propeller and along-the body axis centerline. A shift in position and decrease in magnitude of the peaks were observed when the sail was mounted on the body. The deck, on the other hand, produced no measurable increase in turbulence intensity, even though it increased the drag on the model more than did the sail. The performance of the propeller operating both behind the body and in an open \"water\" condition was analyzed with a computerized theory, and the predictions were compared with experimental results. Fair to good agreement was found.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132195716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Ice Class Rules for Propellers","authors":"P. Noble, V. Bulat","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-004","url":null,"abstract":"A study has been carried out of existing classification society and government regulatory body rules for propeller 'strength of ice class ships.\u0000 The problem of propeller/ice interaction has been studied from an analytical standpoint, and full scale ice load data obtained from the propulsion shafts of Arctic icebreakers have been reviewed. Using these data and the framework of existing regulations and design methods for ice-worthy propellers, a number of conclusions on the static and dynamic strength requirements for such systems have been reached.\u0000 The main conclusions of the study are that present regulations, while they may be sufficient for non-Arctic ice going ships, are not adequate for ships sailing in Arctic waters where propeller ice encounters are much more frequent and severe, and that using an 11ice torque factor\" is not the most rational approach. Recommendations on design procedures are made.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114319635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Periodic Blade Loads on Propellers in Tangential and Longitudinal Wakes","authors":"R. Boswell, S. Jessup, Kidong Kim","doi":"10.5957/pss-1981-011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5957/pss-1981-011","url":null,"abstract":"Periodic single-blade loads were measured on model propellers in inclined flow and in a single-cycle circumferentially non-uniform longitudinal velocity field. The experimental results were correlated with predictions by the following methods:\u0000 1. A quasi-steady procedure developed by McCarthy at David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and' Development Center (DTNSRDC)\u0000 2. An unsteady lifting surface theory developed by Tsakonas and his colleagues at Davidson Laboratory,\u0000 3 An unsteady lifting Surface theory developed by Kerwin and Lee. at MIT,\u0000 4. A refinement by Kerwin to the method of Kerwin and Lee to consider the inclination of the propeller slipstream.\u0000 In inclined flow, all four of the calculation methods evaluated consistently underprediCted1 the experimental values of the periodic single-blade loads. The method of Kerwin, which considers the inclination of the slipstream relative to the propeller axis, produced the best correlation· with experimental values. These correlations show that the inclination of the propeller slipstream relative to the propeller axis significantly influence the periodic single-blade loads. The importance of this inclination· increases with increasing ,time-average loading.","PeriodicalId":121399,"journal":{"name":"Day 1 Tue, May 26, 1981","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127343333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}