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Large eddy simulation of flow around a reverse rotating propeller

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2013

Hyunchul Jang  and
Krishnan Mahesh
Hyunchul Jang
Affiliation:
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Krishnan Mahesh*
Affiliation:
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper studies the flow around a propeller rotating in the reverse direction in a uniform free stream. Large eddy simulation is used to study this massively separated flow at a Reynolds number of 480 000 and advance ratios $J= - 0. 5$, $- 0. 7$ and $- 1. 0$. Simulations are performed on two grids; statistics of the loads and velocity field around the propeller show encouraging agreement between the two grids and with experiment. The impact of advance ratio is discussed, and a physical picture of the unsteady flow and its influence on the propeller loads is proposed. An unsteady vortex ring is formed in the vicinity of the propeller disk due to the interaction between the free stream and the reverse flow produced by the reverse rotation. The flow is separated in the blade passages; the most prominent is the separation along the sharp edge of the blade on the downstream side of the blade. This separation results in high-amplitude, transient propeller loads. Conditional averaging is used to describe the statistically relevant events that determine low- and high-amplitude thrust and side-forces. The vortex ring is closer and the reverse flow induced by propeller rotation is lower when the loads are high. The propeller loads scale with $\rho {U}^{2} $ for $J\lt - 0. 7$ and with $\rho {n}^{2} {D}^{2} $ for $J\gt - 0. 7$.

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Turbulent Flows: Turbulence simulation Turbulent Flows: Turbulent Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 729 , 25 August 2013 , pp. 151 - 179
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©2013 Cambridge University Press 

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