Research of the influence of propeller root on the aerodynamic characteristics of propeller

DOI

10.2991/icmemtc-16.2016.114How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Propeller; aerodynamic characteristics; propeller root; wind tunnel test.

Abstract

In this paper the wind tunnel test is used to analyze the effect of root chord of propeller on aerodynamic performance. There were two distributions of the chord near hub of propeller, all parameters are same except the maximum chord. Two models are respectively made of carbon fiber and beech. From the wind tunnel test results, the following conclusions can be drawn: By increasing the root chord within a reasonable range, thrust and torque will be increased, which also causes the efficiency to increase by 10%. Although the carbon fiber material is very strong for making propeller, we also cannot ignore the influence of root chord.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan-Qiang Liu
AU  - Song Xiang
AU  - Gang Tong
PY  - 2016/04
DA  - 2016/04
TI  - Research of the influence of propeller root on the aerodynamic characteristics of propeller
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 3rd International Conference on Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Technology and Control
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 583
EP  - 586
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmemtc-16.2016.114
DO  - 10.2991/icmemtc-16.2016.114
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