Experimental and numerical investigations of the flow around an oar blade

This article aims at verifying the capabilities of a Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations (RANSE) solver (ISIS-CFD, developed at the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of Ecole Centrale de Nantes [LMF]) to accurately compute the flow around an oar blade and to deduce the forces on it and other quantities such as efficiency. This solver is structurally capable of computing the flow around any blade shape for any movement in six degrees of freedom, both when the blade pierces the free surface of the water and when it does not. To attempt a first validation, a computation was performed for a simplified case chosen among those for which experimental results are available at LMF. If results prove satisfactory for a simplified blade shape and for a movement that respects the main characteristics of blade kinematics, then the solver could be used for real oars and more realistic kinematics. First, the experimental setup is considered, and the objectives, methodologies, and procedures are elucidated. The choice of the test case for numerical validation is explained, i.e., a plane rectangular blade with a constant immersion and a specified movement deduced from analogy with tests on propellers. Next, the numerical framework is presented and the Navier-Stokes solver and methods for handling multifluid flows and moving bodies are described. Lastly, numerical results are compared with experimental data, highlighting an encouraging agreement and proving the relevance and the complementarity of both approaches.     

导管螺旋桨定常性能预估的基于速度势的面元法

开发了一个导管螺旋桨定常水动力性能预报的数值计算方法,其中,螺旋桨和导管均采用定常面元法,通过迭代计算考虑桨和导管的相互影响.该方法也可用于导管调距桨在不同转角时的定常性能预估.对JD7704和19a导管螺旋桨以及JD导管调距桨的计算结果表明,该方法计算精度是令人满意的.     

Prediction of Hydrodynamic Performance of Marine Propellers by Surface Panel Method

The potential based low order surface panel method is used to predict the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers. In present method the hyperboloidal quadrilateral panels are employed to avoid the gap between the panels. The influencecoefficients of panels are calculated by Morino's analytical formulations for increasing numerically calculating speed.The pres-sure Kutta condition is satisfied on the trailing edge of propeller blade by Newton-Raphson iterative procedure.Therefore the     

Large eddy simulation of cavitation development on highly skewed propellers

This paper deals with numerical simulations of the cavitating flow around two highly skewed propellers operating in open water and mounted on an inclined shaft. The aim of the study is to check the ability of our numerical method in distinguishing the variation in flow features resulting from different blade designs. Moreover, a secondary aim is also to improve the knowledge about the physics that control the growth and collapse of cavitation, and hence also the generation of cavitation noise and erosion on this type of propellers. The investigation is based on incompressible large eddy simulation (LES) in combination with a volume-of-fluid implementation to represent the two phases of liquid and vapour, and a transport equation-based method for the mass transfer between the phases. High-speed video recordings from experiments were made available for comparison. The simulations demonstrate that the current method makes it possible to analyse the main difference in flow features caused by modest design alternation. Furthermore, with suitable grid resolution, LES is demonstrated to be capable of capturing the mechanisms that are important in the cavitation development, and that numerical simulation is a reliable supplement to experiments in advanced propeller design.     

面元法预估导管螺旋桨水动力性能的一种新方法

采用一种新的方法预估导管螺旋桨的水动力性能；导管和螺旋桨均采用基于速度势的面元法，它们间的影响通过相互的诱导速度势数值迭代来体现．与诱导速度体现相互影响的方法相比，本文方法可节省编程及计算时间；对JD系列导管螺旋桨的计算与实验结果的比较表明，该方法可以有效地预估导管螺旋桨的水动力性能．     

螺旋桨非定常轴承力计算

采用扰动速度势面元法计算螺旋桨非定常轴承力,桨叶、桨毂和尾涡面由双曲四边形面元进行离散,对时域内非定常问题的求解采用时间步进迭代方法,建立了满足桨叶随边非定常等压库塔条件的非线性迭代结构,使迭代求解更加有效、快速和稳定。     

基于CFD法的对转螺旋桨敞水性能参数匹配研究

摘要：采用雷诺平均纳维-斯托克斯（RANS)法对B型螺旋桨和对转螺旋桨周围的粘性流场进行数值处理,运用Pro/E和GAMBIT软件分别进行三维建模和网格划分,并采用ORIGIN和TECPLOT后处理软件对结果进行图像处理。分析研究湍流模型对螺旋桨水动力性能的影响,对对转桨进行数值计算验证,同时对其敞水性能参数的匹配问题进行探讨,分析其尾流和速度场的变化情况。结果表明：SST 模型为较佳的湍流模型;对转桨在适当的桨距比和直径比的情况下,后桨可充分吸收前桨的尾涡能量,其推进效率明显提高。     

Numerical Calculation of Marine Propeller Hydrodynamic Characteristics in Unsteady Flow by Boundary Element Method

In this paper, a low-order potential based on surface panel method is used for the analysis of marine propellers in unsteady flow.A linear propeller wake model is employed and its geometry is assumed to be independent of the time.The calculation in time domain is carried out from a moment when the rotation of the propeller becomes steady instead of from the moment when the rotation strats from stationary condition.At every time step a linear algebraic equation established on a key blade is solved numerically combined with the Kutta pressure conditon.The calculated results by developed code indicate good convergency and effrctiveness of present algotithm for conventional propellers and highly skewed propellers.     

面元法预估导管螺旋桨定常性能的一种简便方法

用基于速度势的低阶面元法建立预估导管螺旋桨定常性能的计算方法,即对导管和螺旋桨都采用面元法,在计算面元的影响系数时计入导管和螺旋桨的相互影响。将对JD简易导管桨的计算与实验结果进行比较表明,该方法可以有效地应用于导管桨的定常性能计算。     

基于CFD的导管调距桨尺度效应研究

常规螺旋桨在进行水动力实验时,需要满足临界雷诺数的要求,这样,实桨的尺度效应就可以忽略。但是,对于非常规螺旋桨,如导管螺旋桨,尺度效应能否忽略值得研究,因为机翼型导管和螺旋桨水动力性能各自随几何尺寸变化的规律不一致。基于CFD计算方法,对某导管调距桨的尺度效应进行数值研究。在获得可靠的数值模拟方法后,数值模拟了两个螺距比和两个进速下不同尺寸导管螺旋浆的流场。比尺包括1、1.7、3.4、4.25、8.5和17共6个几何尺寸。计算结果表明,导管螺旋桨敞水性能的尺度效应比预期的要明显。随着尺寸增大即雷诺数增大,导管的推力先略有增加后基本不变,螺旋桨的扭矩和推力略有下降,但效率有所增加;小螺距比工况下的尺度效应要比大螺距比的大。     

Numerical analysis of surface piercing propeller in unsteady conditions and cupped effect on ventilation pattern of blade cross-section

The aim of this study is to calculate hydrodynamic performance and ventilation flow around wedge, 2D blade and 3D surface piercing propeller (SPP), using computational fluid dynamic based on Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes method. First, numerical analyses for two-phase fluid flow around the wedge and 2D blade section (cupped and non-cupped) are presented. Flow ventilation, pressure distribution and forces are determined and compared with experimental data. Then, the method is extended to predict the hydrodynamic performance of propeller SPP-841B. The propeller exhibits a cupped blade. In the simulated configuration, SPP is one-third submerged (I = h/D = 0.33) and is working at various loadings with full ventilation occurring at low advance coefficient (J). The open water performance, pressure distribution, forces/moments and ventilation pattern on the SPP-841B model are obtained and compared with experimental data. The numerical results are in good agreement with experimental measurements, especially at high advance coefficient.     

复合材料螺旋桨水动力特性的流固耦合数值模拟

为了分析复合材料螺旋桨变形对其水动力性能的影响,利用FLUENT和ANSYS结构模块建立了一种流固耦合的方法。基于此方法分析了桨叶变形对敞水曲线,桨叶附近流场及其表面压力的影响。研究结果表明,初始几何为无侧斜无纵倾的螺旋桨变形后纵倾发生改变,使推力和扭矩系数变大,且推力系数和扭矩系数的增值随进速系数减小而增大。变形后的螺旋桨桨叶表面压力增大,压力系数变化最大值可达40%,螺旋桨轴向诱导速度变化最大值可达18.7%。     

空泡螺旋桨诱导的船体脉动压力预报

本文用空泡预报的结果,在桨叶面和尾涡面布置强度已知的源汇和偶极子,计算了空泡螺旋桨诱导的脉动压力.真实的船体表面形状可以通过在船体表面布置偶极子来考虑,求得船体表面的偶极子强度后,通过Bernoulli方程可得到船体表面的脉动压力.为了便于同已有的试验数据进行比较,本文计算了空泡螺旋桨诱导的平板脉动压力.     

螺旋桨敞水性能计算及堵塞效应研究

根据螺旋桨的投影原理以及其几何参数,用三维建模软件 CATIA 建立三维螺旋桨数值模型。根据计算流体动力学（CFD）原理,使用流体动力学软件 Fluent 对螺旋桨数值模型进行分析计算。采用 RANS 方法结合RSM 湍流模型求解螺旋桨三维粘性流场,计算域的离散采用非结构网格方法,运用相对旋转坐标方法（MRF）来模拟螺旋桨的运动,以此求出该螺旋桨在常态以及堵塞效应下的流场特性,并将螺旋桨的数值计算结果与试验结果进行对比以确定该方法的适用性。最后研究堵塞效应的相关性质并将螺旋桨普通敞水性能与螺旋桨在堵塞效应下的敞水性能进行对比,得出堵塞效应对螺旋桨敞水性能的影响。     

复合材料螺旋桨尾流场的数值模拟

为了分析复合材料螺旋桨的变形对桨后尾流场分布的影响,利用商业软件FLUENT和ANSYS有限元建立了一种流固耦合方法,基于此方法分析了桨叶变形对螺旋桨压力分布以及尾流场分布的影响。研究结果表明,变形后桨叶两侧压差增大;在螺旋桨尾流场中,变形对各速度分量周向分布的影响随半径增大而增大;在0.9R(R为螺旋桨半径)处,切向速度在变形后减小约30%,轴向诱导速度减小约20%,径向速度增值在0.1m/s内。变形后轴向速度低速度区域增大,径向速度正速度区域增大,叶根处切向速度增大,叶稍处切向速度减小。     

导管剖面设计对导管螺旋桨水动力特性的影响

运用计算流体的方法对导管螺旋桨的叶梢漩涡、螺旋桨周围流场和推力特性进行计算,并且通过组合不同类型的导管对比分析了梢涡的改善方法和推力性能的优化方案.计算结果表明:调整导管螺旋桨中的导管迎角,并延长导管有助于改善导管螺旋桨梢涡的产生和改善桨毂后的尾流,有利于提高导管螺旋桨的稳定性;增大导管迎角并延长导管能够使桨叶上荷载和推力分布更加均匀;在进速系数J=0.4左右,导管螺旋桨性能更优,也更高效.本文结论有助于设计出性能优良的导管螺旋桨.     

Design of propeller geometry using streamline-adapted blade sections

We refine the geometry of a propeller by modifying the blade sections to align them with surface streamlines, obtained by the panel method. Redefinition of the blade sections aligned with the streamlines is provided together with surface modeling scheme by which model propellers were built. Numerical simulations and open-water tests on models suggest a possible increase of 1% in propeller efficiency.     

基于Eppler剖面设计方法上的提高空泡起始航速的非定常螺旋桨设计方法

为了提高螺旋桨的空泡起始航速，本文提供了一个基于Eppler剖面设计方法上的非定常螺旋桨设计方法，二维剖面直接由Eppler剖面设计方法给出并直接输入到升力面设计程序中进行三维剖面设计。计算结果表明新剖面螺旋桨方案的空泡斗要比常规剖面的宽。在平均伴流条件下使用升力线、升力面设计程序给出一个初步螺旋桨方案。然后用定常/非定常面法检查设计结果是否满足推力要求并作修改设计，从中选择一个不符合空泡要求的剖面作为关键剖面。使用Eppler剖面设计方法来改善空泡斗，为了研究剖面弦向负荷对螺旋桨性能影响，本文设计两只螺旋桨，一只为带有Naca66迭加Naca a=0.8，另一只为新剖面的方案。模型试验结果证实了设计方法的有效性。     

复合材料螺旋桨弯扭耦合刚度特性分析

[目的]复合材料螺旋桨的弯扭耦合变形程度反映了桨叶的刚度特性,而桨叶刚度特性又与其水动力性能存在一定的相关性,将从刚度的角度对复合材料螺旋桨的纤维铺层进行优化设计.[方法]首先,以DTMB 4383复合材料螺旋桨为研究对象,基于复合材料螺旋桨流固耦合自迭代算法,构建桨叶弯扭刚度数值计算方法;然后,分别在桨叶铺设单向碳纤...     

绕船体自由表面流的数值模拟

本文采用RANS方程和VOF算法数值模拟了系列60粘性自由面流动，比较了幂指数律，二阶迎风，QUICK格式对计算结果的影响，详细给出了波形，阻力，伴流等的计算结果，与试验及其它计算结果比较显示本文的计算方法具有较好的计算精度，可用于船型性能分析和优化。