3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade
The current work presents the numerical prediction method to determine small-scale propeller performance. The study is implemented using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, FLUENT. Numerical results are compared with the available experimental data for an advance...
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| description | The current work presents the numerical prediction method to determine small-scale
propeller performance. The study is implemented using the commercially available computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, FLUENT. Numerical results are compared with the available
experimental data for an advanced precision composites (APC) Slow Flyer propeller blade to
determine the discrepancy of the thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiencies. The study
utilized unstructured tetrahedron meshing throughout the analysis, with a standard k-! turbulence
model. The Multiple Reference Frame model was also used to consider the rotation of the propeller
toward its local reference frame at 3008 revolutions per minute (RPM). Results show reliable thrust
coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiency data for the case of low advance ratio and an advance
ratio less than the negative thrust conditions. |
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| spelling | usm-366622017-09-20T01:41:57Z http://eprints.usm.my/36662/ 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza Rajendran, Parvathy TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics The current work presents the numerical prediction method to determine small-scale propeller performance. The study is implemented using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, FLUENT. Numerical results are compared with the available experimental data for an advanced precision composites (APC) Slow Flyer propeller blade to determine the discrepancy of the thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiencies. The study utilized unstructured tetrahedron meshing throughout the analysis, with a standard k-! turbulence model. The Multiple Reference Frame model was also used to consider the rotation of the propeller toward its local reference frame at 3008 revolutions per minute (RPM). Results show reliable thrust coefficient, power coefficient, and efficiency data for the case of low advance ratio and an advance ratio less than the negative thrust conditions. MDPI 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36662/1/%283D_CFD_Simulation_and_Experimental%29_aerospace-04-00010.pdf Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza and Rajendran, Parvathy (2017) 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade. Aerospace, 4 (10). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2226-4310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4010010 |
| spellingShingle | TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Ahmed Kutty, Hairuniza Rajendran, Parvathy 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade |
| title | 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of
Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade |
| title_full | 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of
Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade |
| title_fullStr | 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of
Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of
Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade |
| title_short | 3D CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of
Small APC Slow Flyer Propeller Blade |
| title_sort | 3d cfd simulation and experimental validation of
small apc slow flyer propeller blade |
| topic | TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/36662/ http://eprints.usm.my/36662/ http://eprints.usm.my/36662/1/%283D_CFD_Simulation_and_Experimental%29_aerospace-04-00010.pdf |