Abstract: This study uses a nonlinear optimization method coupled with a vortex lattice cavitating propeller analysis method to design efficient propeller blades. Different constraints are imposed to improve ...

Abstract: The unsteady cavitating flow of a propeller subject to a nonaxisymmetric inflow inside of a tunnel is addressed. A numerical method is developed which solves for the fully unsteady propeller ...

Abstract: A boundary element method (BEM) is used for the numerical analysis of sheet cavitation on a propeller subjected to the non-axisymmetric wakes of marine vehicles. This method is extended in ...

Abstract: A design method based on a lifting line model is developed to determine the optimum radial circulation distribution on a turbine blade, which will produce the maximum output power for a given ...