TY - GEN
T1 - Tip vortex comparison of a DARPA suboff AUV propeller
T2 - 14th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures, PRADS 2019
AU - Junior, Hélio Corrêa da Silva
AU - Esteves, Fillipe Rocha
AU - Dantas, João Lucas Dozzi
AU - Moura, Alceu José dos Santos
AU - Neto, Walfrido Nivaldo Barnack
AU - da Silva, Rubens Cavalcante
AU - Kogishi, André Mitsuo
AU - Sbragio, Ricardo
PY - 2020/10/6
Y1 - 2020/10/6
N2 - In a joint project of the Brazilian Navy (CTMSP) and the Institute for Technological Research (IPT), the propeller of a DARPA Suboff based AUV was designed applying lifting line theory and manufactured. This paper presents the comparison of propeller tip vortex properties obtained on cavitation tunnel tests and numerical simulations, both in open water conditions. It represents an important issue in terms of propeller efficiency and acoustic investigation. The experiments were carried out at IPT’s facilities, in where thrust and torque were measured and the velocity field was registered using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), in order to obtain the vortex distribution pattern. The numerical approach consisted of simulating the propeller using RANS turbulence model in ANSYS® CFX and StarCCM+® finite-volume software. These simulations were performed separately by CTMSP-team and IPT-team, respectively. Numerical methods were capable of estimate the total loads and vorticity values on the tip vortex regions, however there are limitations in reproduce the vortex geometry as measured by the PIV apparatus.
AB - In a joint project of the Brazilian Navy (CTMSP) and the Institute for Technological Research (IPT), the propeller of a DARPA Suboff based AUV was designed applying lifting line theory and manufactured. This paper presents the comparison of propeller tip vortex properties obtained on cavitation tunnel tests and numerical simulations, both in open water conditions. It represents an important issue in terms of propeller efficiency and acoustic investigation. The experiments were carried out at IPT’s facilities, in where thrust and torque were measured and the velocity field was registered using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), in order to obtain the vortex distribution pattern. The numerical approach consisted of simulating the propeller using RANS turbulence model in ANSYS® CFX and StarCCM+® finite-volume software. These simulations were performed separately by CTMSP-team and IPT-team, respectively. Numerical methods were capable of estimate the total loads and vorticity values on the tip vortex regions, however there are limitations in reproduce the vortex geometry as measured by the PIV apparatus.
KW - AUV
KW - CFD
KW - DARPA suboff
KW - PIV
KW - tip vortex
KW - propellers
KW - ship propulsion
KW - ships
KW - turbulence modeling
KW - velocity imaging
KW - cavitation tunnel tests
KW - numerical methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092800155&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-4624-2_35
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-4624-2_35
M3 - Conference contribution book
AN - SCOPUS:85092800155
SN - 9789811546235
SN - 9789811546259
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 580
EP - 596
BT - Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures
A2 - Okada, Tetsuo
A2 - Kawamura, Yasumi
A2 - Suzuki, Katsuyuki
PB - Springer
CY - Cham, Switzerland
Y2 - 22 September 2019 through 26 September 2019
ER -