Title: Optimum Propellers with Cavity-Drag and Frictional-Drag Effects
Abstract:In a variational problem for the optimum pitch distribution of a propeller, the Euler differential equation with Munk's displacement theory is utilized. Effects of frictional-drag and cavity-drag are ...In a variational problem for the optimum pitch distribution of a propeller, the Euler differential equation with Munk's displacement theory is utilized. Effects of frictional-drag and cavity-drag are considered through simple approximate relations of drag-lift ratio and the circulation. Simple relations between the optimum pitch distributions and the drag-lift ratio are obtained both for free-running and wake-adapted propellers.Read More
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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