<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper mainly aims to study computation of added mass coefficients for marine propellers. A three-dimensional boundary element method (BEM) is developed to predict the propeller added mass and moment of inertia coefficients. Actually, only few experimental data sets are available as the validation reference. Here the method is validated with experimental measurements of the B-series marine propeller. The behavior of the added mass coefficients predicted based on variation of geometric and flow parameters of the propeller is calculated and analyzed. BEM is more accurate in obtaining added mass coefficients than other fast numerical methods. All added mass coefficients are nondimensionalized by fluid density, propeller diameter, and rotational velocity. The obtained results reveal that the diameter, expanded area ratio, and thickness have dominant influence on the increase of the added mass coefficients.</p></abstract>

The paper mainly aims to study computation of added mass coefficients for marine propellers. A three-dimensional boundary element method (BEM) is developed to predict the propeller added mass and moment of inertia coefficients. Actually, only few experimental data sets are available as the validation reference. Here the method is validated with experimental measurements of the B-series marine propeller. The behavior of the added mass coefficients predicted based on variation of geometric and flow parameters of the propeller is calculated and analyzed. BEM is more accurate in obtaining added mass coefficients than other fast numerical methods. All added mass coefficients are nondimensionalized by fluid density, propeller diameter, and rotational velocity. The obtained results reveal that the diameter, expanded area ratio, and thickness have dominant influence on the increase of the added mass coefficients.

Boundary Element Method Applied to Added Mass Coefficient Calculation of the Skewed Marine Propellers

Polish Maritime Research

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The paper mainly aims to study computation of added mass coefficients for marine propellers. A three-dimensional boundary element method (BEM) is developed to...

Boundary Element Method Applied to Added Mass Coefficient Calculation of the Skewed Marine Propellers

Published Online: Jun 30, 2016

Page range: 25 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2016-0017

Keywords
Added mass coefficient, Boundary element method, Skew marine propeller

© 2016 Ehsan Yari et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Boundary Element Method Applied to Added Mass Coefficient Calculation of the Skewed Marine Propellers

Published Online: Jun 30, 2016

Page range: 25 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2016-0017

KeywordsAdded mass coefficient, Boundary element method, Skew marine propeller

© 2016 Ehsan Yari et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Added mass coefficient, Boundary element method, Skew marine propeller