Smoothing propeller tip geometry for use in a RANS solver / by David Hally.: D68-6/178-2013E-PDF

The traditional method of specifying propeller geometry is to define a series of airfoil sections each of which is modified by local values of the chord length, pitch, skew angle and rake. Near the tip of the propeller, where the chord length reduces rapidly to zero, a blade defined in this way often has surface irregularities which make meshing for flow solvers difficult. Methods are described for smoothing the irregularities and saving the resulting propeller geometry in the IGES format which can be read by most flow solvers.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Defence R&D Canada.
Title Smoothing propeller tip geometry for use in a RANS solver / by David Hally.
Series title Technical Memorandum ; 2013-178
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "October 2013."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Defence Research and Development Canada, c2013.
Author / Contributor Hally, David.
Description vi, 26 p. : tables, graphs.
Catalogue number
  • D68-6/178-2013E-PDF
Subject terms Technical reports
Propellers
Computational fluid dynamics
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