Open AccessAIRFOIL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER PROPELLERS
Author(s) -
Umunna J Reuben,
Koju Hiraki,
Miyamoto Shohei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of research - granthaalayah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-3629
pISSN - 2350-0530
DOI - 10.29121/granthaalayah.v6.i9.2018.1250
Subject(s) - airfoil , propeller , reynolds number , chord (peer to peer) , marine engineering , propulsive efficiency , camber (aerodynamics) , computational fluid dynamics , computer science , structural engineering , engineering , mechanics , aerospace engineering , physics , turbulence , database , thrust
A propeller was designed using 2D airfoil data obtained from a panel method numeric code. The propeller was designed to operate at 75% chord based Reynolds number of 20k. At low Reynolds numbers 81% in each of the designed propellers.