Mechanisms of evolution of the propeller wake in the transition and far fields

M Felli, R Camussi, F Di Felice - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2011 - cambridge.org
In the present study the mechanisms of evolution of propeller tip and hub vortices in the
transitional region and the far field are investigated experimentally. The experiments …

Large eddy simulation of propeller wake instabilities

P Kumar, K Mahesh - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
The wake of a five-bladed marine propeller at design operating condition is studied using
large eddy simulation (LES). The mean loads and phase-averaged flow field show good …

Actuator line modeling of wind turbine wakes

N Troldborg - 2009 - orbit.dtu.dk
This thesis contains a comprehensive 3D Navier-Stokes computational study of the
characteristics of wakes of wind turbines operating in various flow conditions including …

Wake instabilities of a pre-swirl stator pump-jet propulsor

H Li, Q Huang, G Pan, X Dong - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The wake of a pump-jet propulsor (PJP) with a pre-swirl stator is investigated using stress-
blended eddy simulations. The flow field is analyzed in detail through a systematic …

Experiments and CFD for the propeller wake of a generic submarine operating near the surface

L Wang, JE Martin, M Felli, PM Carrica - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental and computational fluid dynamics (EFD and CFD) study of the appended
notional submarine DARPA Suboff fitted with the 7-bladed E1658 propeller and operating …

Numerical analysis of the wake dynamics of a propeller

L Wang, T Wu, J Gong, Y Yang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper investigates the inception mechanism of propeller wake instability based on an
improved detached eddy simulation method at a moderate advance coefficient of J= 0.65 …

Numerical investigation of a propeller operating under different inflow conditions

L Wang, W Luo, M Li - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work investigates the flow physics in propeller wakes to better understand how
propeller wakes evolve under different inflow conditions from near field to far field. A rotating …

Numerical simulation of vortex instabilities in the wake of a preswirl pumpjet propulsor

D Qin, Q Huang, G Pan, P Han, Y Luo, X Dong - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A numerical analysis based on detached eddy simulations is conducted to investigate vortex
instabilities in the wake of a preswirl pumpjet propulsor. Three models are established to …

Submarine propeller computations and application to self-propulsion of DARPA Suboff

N Chase, PM Carrica - Ocean Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Simulations of the submarine propeller E1619 using the overset flow solver CFDShip-Iowa
V4. 5 are presented. Propeller open water curves were obtained for two grids for a wide …

Underlying mechanisms of propeller wake interaction with a wing

M Felli - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
The present study investigates the fundamental mechanisms of interaction between the
propeller wake vortices and an untipped non-lifting wing. The study consists of a …