Open AccessDevelopment Testing Method and Analysis Static Thrust for Propeller Based Propulsion
Author(s) -
Mitra Khasyofi,
Firman Hartono
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/645/1/012015
Subject(s) - thrust , propeller , propulsion , blade element theory , computational fluid dynamics , aerospace engineering , airfoil , marine propulsion , finite element method , vortex , marine engineering , engineering , dynamic testing , simulation , computer science , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , aerodynamics , mechanics , physics
Propulsion system development involved aircraft manufacturer and engine or propeller manufacturer to perform test and evaluation. The main of this research was propulsion testing for unmanned aerial vehicle by evaluating thrust in static condition. Static thrust testing was conducted by force measurement using load cell and data acquisition systems. Thrust measurement result was compared with analytical method and computer fluid dynamic simulation. Analytical method in this paper used vortex blade element theory to calculated static thrust meanwhile Computational fluid dynamic was running both 2 dimension and 3 dimension simulation. Vortex blade element theory analysis combined with computational flight dynamic simulation for propeller aerofoil at 70% location. Test result compared with analytical and CFD calculation using non dimensional parameter. Analytical calculation deviated 5.08% from experiment meanwhile CFD calculation give 13.56% but still in error tolerances. Error tolerances considered from friction force, sensor accuracy and air density correction with total 6.33 kgf.