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NAME 324: Resistance and Propulsion of Ships Sessional

Assignment# B4: Design of Screw Propeller using Circulation Theory

The design is required for a 4-bladed single screw propeller developing 110300 Kg
thrust force in sea water. The propeller is to give a service speed of VS = 16.73 knots
with an engine having 98.6 rpm. Other necessary particulars are given below:

Propeller dia: 6880mm, Propeller hub dia =1376mm, Blade Area Ratio (BAR)=0.65,
Distance of the centre of the propeller shaft from the surface of water =7570mm,
Density, ρSW=104.5kg-sec2/m4, Specific gravity, γSW =1025kg/m3

Table 1: Wake distribution (nominal)

x 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0

1-ω’ 0.244 0.312 0.396 0.492 0.588 0.682 0.776 0.820 0.829

Draw the following curves:

(i) x vs hydrodynamic pitch angle

(ii) x vs tangential induced velocity, Cu/2
(iii) x vs axial induced velocity Ca/2
(iv) x vs circulation, Г
(v) x vs cavitation number, σ*
(vi) x vs chord length, c

Steps:
′
1. Calculate nominal mean wake using
.
′ ′ ′
2. Calculate from tan .
.
3. Calculate frictionless thrust constant using where

.
; T = Propeller thrust, Drag-lift ratio, . 0.02, Speed
. .

constant,
4. Obtain the value of ideal efficiency, ηPi using Kramer (CTi- -ηPi ) diagram as
shown in Fig.1(here J and ηPi = ηi)
⁄
5. Calculate from tan . ′
tan
η

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6. Calculate tangential induced velocity using sin tan , where

′
′
7. Calculate axial induced velocity using tan

8. Calculate cavitation number using , where p0=pa+γh=

.
(10330+1025x7.57)kg/m2 and pv=175.68kg/m2
9. Calculate 1/ I from

10. Calculate Goldstein reduction factor using ( 1/ diagram (Fig. 2)

11. Calculate CL.c = . . sin tan
12. Calculate chord length . . where coefficient C6
(modified) can be taken from following table:

x .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1.0
C6 1.036 1.451 1.799 2.099 2.313 2.438 2.373 1.844 1.309
(mod)

13. Calculate Г CL.c)

14. Calculate
. /
. . .
15. Calculate
. ′ /
. . .
16. Calculate

17. Calculate

18. Calculate

19. Calculate

20. Crosscheck thrust, T = KT. n2D4

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Fig.1: Kramer diagram

Fig.2: Goldstein reduction factor

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