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Structural Analysis of a Contra Rotating Propeller by using Finite Element Method (FEM)


 

Inordertoassessthestaticanddynamic responseofanAFTpropellerofContrarotatingpropeller(CRP)forentirerangeofitsoperation,ananalysiswascarriedoutbyFEM(FiniteElementMethod)andvalidatedbyanalyticalapproach.FromtheStaticanalysisitisfoundthatthestressanddeflectionarewellwithinsafelimits.Theelasticdeformationaresosmall,thattheywon’taffecthydrodynamicloaddistribution..ThedynamicanalysesofCRPindicatethatitissafeinitsentire rangeofoperationasfarasphenomenonofResonanceisconcerned.Alsoitwasobservedthatmaximumharmonicresponseofthepropellerontheapplicationofdynamicloadingisfarlesserthanitsfailurelimit withinspecifiedoperatingrange.

Inordertoassessthestaticanddynamic responseofanAFTpropellerofContrarotatingpropeller(CRP)forentirerangeofitsoperation,ananalysiswascarriedoutbyFEM(FiniteElementMethod)andvalidatedbyanalyticalapproach.FromtheStaticanalysisitisfoundthatthestressanddeflectionarewellwithinsafelimits.Theelasticdeformationaresosmall,thattheywon’taffecthydrodynamicloaddistribution..ThedynamicanalysesofCRPindicatethatitissafeinitsentire rangeofoperationasfarasphenomenonofResonanceisconcerned.Alsoitwasobservedthatmaximumharmonicresponseofthepropellerontheapplicationofdynamicloadingisfarlesserthanitsfailurelimit withinspecifiedoperatingrange.


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Contra-Rotating Propeller; Dynamic response; Finite element method, Harmonic Response, Shape functions, Stress, Deflection, Unsymmetrical bending, Taylor’s method
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Inordertoassessthestaticanddynamic responseofanAFTpropellerofContrarotatingpropeller(CRP)forentirerangeofitsoperation,ananalysiswascarriedoutbyFEM(FiniteElementMethod)andvalidatedbyanalyticalapproach.FromtheStaticanalysisitisfoundthatthestressanddeflectionarewellwithinsafelimits.Theelasticdeformationaresosmall,thattheywon’taffecthydrodynamicloaddistribution..ThedynamicanalysesofCRPindicatethatitissafeinitsentire rangeofoperationasfarasphenomenonofResonanceisconcerned.Alsoitwasobservedthatmaximumharmonicresponseofthepropellerontheapplicationofdynamicloadingisfarlesserthanitsfailurelimit withinspecifiedoperatingrange.

Inordertoassessthestaticanddynamic responseofanAFTpropellerofContrarotatingpropeller(CRP)forentirerangeofitsoperation,ananalysiswascarriedoutbyFEM(FiniteElementMethod)andvalidatedbyanalyticalapproach.FromtheStaticanalysisitisfoundthatthestressanddeflectionarewellwithinsafelimits.Theelasticdeformationaresosmall,thattheywon’taffecthydrodynamicloaddistribution..ThedynamicanalysesofCRPindicatethatitissafeinitsentire rangeofoperationasfarasphenomenonofResonanceisconcerned.Alsoitwasobservedthatmaximumharmonicresponseofthepropellerontheapplicationofdynamicloadingisfarlesserthanitsfailurelimit withinspecifiedoperatingrange.


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Contra-Rotating Propeller; Dynamic response; Finite element method, Harmonic Response, Shape functions, Stress, Deflection, Unsymmetrical bending, Taylor’s method