GEM 502 - Hydrodynamics of Ship Propellers

Course Objectives

Giving the necessary theoretical and computational lifiting surface hydrodynamics to analyze and to design propellers

Contribute to both academical studies and industrial applications by using balanced theoretical and numerical computations

Course Description

Introduction to propeller hydrodynamics, classifications and basic design principles for propellers.
Review of basic fluid mechanics.
2D hydrofoil theory.
Cavitation.
3D hydrfoil theory.
Propeller theories in steady and unsteady flow.
Wake, hull-propeller interaction.
Computational propeller models (lifting-line, liftin surface, vortex lattice models,panel solutions)
Podded propulsors, ducted propellers.