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Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller

The usage of slots has gained renewed interest in aerospace particularly on propeller design. Most of the works have focused on improving the aerodynamic performance and efficiency. Modern research on propeller design aims to design propellers with high thrust performance under low torque conditions...

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Main Author: Ravindran, Nirresh Prabu
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019
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spelling my.usm.eprints.58680 http://eprints.usm.my/58680/ Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller Ravindran, Nirresh Prabu T Technology The usage of slots has gained renewed interest in aerospace particularly on propeller design. Most of the works have focused on improving the aerodynamic performance and efficiency. Modern research on propeller design aims to design propellers with high thrust performance under low torque conditions without any weight penalty. This paper discussed computational fluid dynamics method to predict propeller performance for a small scale propeller. In addition, the performance of the slotted blade designs is presented, in terms of thrust coefficient, power coefficient and efficiency. The performance of slotted propeller blade is influence by the different types of airfoils being used on the blade. Thus, the shape of the slot is fixed which is a square shaped slot and the position of the slot is also fixed at 62.5% of the Chord length. Although research on slotted design has been done before, none has been done for different Airfoils on the propeller blade. Thus, this study aims to provide an extensive research on slotted propeller design with different Airfoils of different properties such as high Reynolds number, low Reynolds number, symmetrical, asymmetrical high lift and low drag. The basis for the propeller will be the APC Slow Flyer. The flow simulations are performed through three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic software (ANSYS Fluent) to determine the thrust coefficient, power coefficient and overall efficiency measured in advancing flow conditions. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019-06-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/58680/1/Investigation%20On%20Effects%20Of%20Arfoil%20Variation%20In%20A%20Slotted%20Propeller.pdf Ravindran, Nirresh Prabu (2019) Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Aeroangkasa. (Submitted)
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Ravindran, Nirresh Prabu
Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller
description The usage of slots has gained renewed interest in aerospace particularly on propeller design. Most of the works have focused on improving the aerodynamic performance and efficiency. Modern research on propeller design aims to design propellers with high thrust performance under low torque conditions without any weight penalty. This paper discussed computational fluid dynamics method to predict propeller performance for a small scale propeller. In addition, the performance of the slotted blade designs is presented, in terms of thrust coefficient, power coefficient and efficiency. The performance of slotted propeller blade is influence by the different types of airfoils being used on the blade. Thus, the shape of the slot is fixed which is a square shaped slot and the position of the slot is also fixed at 62.5% of the Chord length. Although research on slotted design has been done before, none has been done for different Airfoils on the propeller blade. Thus, this study aims to provide an extensive research on slotted propeller design with different Airfoils of different properties such as high Reynolds number, low Reynolds number, symmetrical, asymmetrical high lift and low drag. The basis for the propeller will be the APC Slow Flyer. The flow simulations are performed through three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic software (ANSYS Fluent) to determine the thrust coefficient, power coefficient and overall efficiency measured in advancing flow conditions.
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author Ravindran, Nirresh Prabu
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title Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller
title_short Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller
title_full Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller
title_fullStr Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller
title_full_unstemmed Investigation On Effects Of Arfoil Variation In A Slotted Propeller
title_sort investigation on effects of arfoil variation in a slotted propeller
publisher Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.usm.my/58680/1/Investigation%20On%20Effects%20Of%20Arfoil%20Variation%20In%20A%20Slotted%20Propeller.pdf
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