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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