螺旋桨梢涡不稳定性机理与演化模型研究

螺旋桨尾流场的涡流特性是一个基础但又十分复杂的流体力学问题, 它的复杂性源于其蕴含复杂的漩涡系统, 且该漩涡系统会在高速的剪切层流动中不断演化, 其流体动力学行为, 如由稳定态演变为不稳定态的机理以及复杂工况环境中的流动现象, 一直是流体力学领域的难点和备受关注的热点问题. 从工程应用的角度看, 桨后梢涡的演化特性与船舶结构物的宏观特性直接相关, 更好地理解多工况下螺旋桨尾流的动力学特性, 将有助于改善与振动、噪声以及结构问题等相关的推进器性能, 对综合性能优良的下一代螺旋桨的设计和优化有着重要的现实意义. 本文基于延迟分离涡模拟、大涡模拟和无湍流模型模拟方法以及粒子图像测速流场测试分别开展了螺旋桨尾流动力学特性的数值与试验研究, 对螺旋桨尾流不稳定性的触发机理进行了揭示. 基于均匀来流中螺旋桨梢涡的演化机理, 提出了螺旋桨梢涡演化模型. 该模型能够较为准确地模拟螺旋桨梢涡的演化过程, 预测螺旋桨梢涡融合的时间和位置, 对螺旋桨流噪声预报和控制以及性能优良的螺旋桨设计具有重要意义.      

船用复合材料螺旋桨研究进展

复合材料具有比强度高,阻尼性能好及可调整纤维铺层以控制结构变形等优点.复合材料应用于螺旋桨将改善螺旋桨的推进性能和振动特性.通过对国内外复合材料螺旋桨研究成果的回顾、总结和归纳,得出了传统的算法已不满足复合材料螺旋桨的设计和预报要求,复合材料螺旋桨的设计和预报算法需考虑桨叶变形引起的空间流场变化的结论.分析了可借助纤维增强材料所具有的弯扭耦合特性,调整桨叶纤维材料铺层和桨叶结构形式来提高螺旋桨推进效率的规律性.总结了复合材料螺旋桨研究中的关键技术和复合材料螺旋桨设计流程,并指出了复合材料螺旋桨未来研究的趋势.      

Mean velocity and moments of turbulent velocity fluctuations in the wake of a model ship propulsor

Pod drives are modern outboard ship propulsion systems with a motor encapsulated in a watertight pod, whose shaft is connected directly to one or two propellers. The whole unit hangs from the stern of the ship and rotates azimuthally, thus providing thrust and steering without the need of a rudder. Force/momentum and phase-resolved laser Doppler anemometry (LDA) measurements were performed for in line co-rotating and contra-rotating propellers pod drive models. The measurements permitted to characterize these ship propulsion systems in terms of their hydrodynamic characteristics. The torque delivered to the propellers and the thrust of the system were measured for different operation conditions of the propellers. These measurements lead to the hydrodynamic optimization of the ship propulsion system. The parameters under focus revealed the influence of distance between propeller planes, propeller frequency of rotation ratio and type of propellers (co- or contra-rotating) on the overall efficiency of the system. Two of the ship propulsion systems under consideration were chosen, based on their hydrodynamic characteristics, for a detailed study of the swirling wake flow by means of laser Doppler anemometry. A two-component laser Doppler system was employed for the velocity measurements. A light barrier mounted on the axle of the rear propeller motor supplied a TTL signal to mark the beginning of each period, thus providing angle information for the LDA measurements. Measurements were conducted for four axial positions in the slipstream of the pod drive models. The results show that the wake of contra-rotating propeller is more homogeneous than when they co-rotate. In agreement with the results of the force/momentum measurements and with hypotheses put forward in the literature (see e.g. Poehls in Entwurfsgrundlagen für Schraubenpropeller, 1984; Schneekluth in Hydromechanik zum Schiffsentwurf, 1988; Breslin and Andersen in Hydrodynamics of ship propellers, 1996; Schneekluth and Bertram in Ship design for efficiency and economy, 1998), the co-rotating propellers model showed a much stronger swirl in the wake of the propulsor. The anisotropy of turbulence was analyzed using the anisotropy tensor introduced by Lumley and Newman (J Fluid Mech 82(1):161–178, 1977). The invariants of the anisotropy tensor of the wake flow were computed and were plotted in the Lumley–Newman-diagram. These measurements revealed that the anisotropy tensor in the wake of ship propellers is located near to the borders of the invariant map, showing a large degree of anisotropy. They will be presented and will be discussed with respect to applications of turbulence models to predict swirling flows.     

Three-component velocity field measurements of propeller wake using a stereoscopic PIV technique

A stereoscopic PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique was used to measure the three-dimensional flow structure of the turbulent wake behind a marine propeller with five blades. The out-of-plane velocity component was determined using two CCD cameras with an angular displacement configuration. Four hundred instantaneous velocity fields were measured for each of four different blade phases, and ensemble averaged in order to find the spatial evolution of the propeller wake in the region from the trailing edge up to one propeller diameter (D) downstream. The influence of propeller loading conditions on the wake structure was also investigated by measuring the velocity fields at three advance ratios (J=0.59, 0.72 and 0.88). The phase-averaged velocity fields revealed that a viscous wake formed by the boundary layers developed along the blade surfaces. Tip vortices were generated periodically and the slipstream contracted in the near-wake region. The out-of-plane velocity component and strain rate had large values at the locations of the tip and trailing vortices. As the flow moved downstream, the turbulence intensity, the strength of the tip vortices, and the magnitude of the out-of-plane velocity component at trailing vortices all decreased due to effects such as viscous dissipation, turbulence diffusion, and blade-to-blade interaction.     

Measurements in the flow around a marine propeller at the stern of an axisymmetric body

Experiments were performed in a wind tunnel to study the flow around an axisymmetric body driven by a marine propeller. Measurements were made in the boundary layer and wake of the bare body, on the body with only a dummy hub rotating, and finally, with the propeller in operation. Part 1 of this paper described the experimental arrangement and instrumentation. Also, circumferentially-averaged results were presented to clarify certain aspects of the overall flow. In the present part, measurements made with a triplesensor hotwire are analyzed using phase-averaging techniques to reconstruct the instantaneous velocity and Reynolds-stress fields downstream of the propeller and show the evolution of the wakes of individual blades, blade-tip vortices, and the complex flow associated with vortices generated at hub-blade junctions. It is found that the blade wakes and features of the tip and hub flow are evident up to about two propeller diameters, beyond which the wake of the body-propeller combination can be regarded as a rotationally-symmetric flow.     

Utilization of bend–twist coupling for performance enhancement of composite marine propellers

Self-twisting composite marine propellers, when subject to hydrodynamic loading, will not only automatically bend but also twist due to passive bend–twist (BT) coupling characteristics of anisotropic composites. To exploit the BT coupling effects of self-twisting propellers, a two-level (material and geometry) design methodology is proposed, formulated, and implemented. The material design is formulated as a constrained, discrete, binary optimization problem, which is tackled using an enhanced genetic algorithm equipped with numerical and analytical tools as function evaluators. The geometry design is formulated as an inverse problem to determine the unloaded geometry, which is solved using an over-relaxed, nonlinear, iterative procedure. A sample design is provided to illustrate the design methodology, and the predicted performance is compared to that of a rigid propeller. The results show that the self-twisting propeller produced the same performance as the rigid propeller at the design flow condition, and it produced better performance than the rigid propeller at off-design flow conditions, including behind a spatially varying wake.     

The wake flow downstream of a propeller-rudder system

We report wall-resolved, large-eddy simulations for the case of a propeller operating upstream of a hydrofoil, mimicking a rudder. Our primary objective is the identification of wake features that are unique to this coupled system, when compared to open-water cases, which are usually the focus of experiments and computations in the literature. We were able to achieve unprecedented levels of numerical resolution, which capture the dynamics of all energetic eddies in the flow by using a scalable, conservative, structured solver in cylindrical coordinates. The boundary conditions on the rotating propeller and hydrofoil were enforced via an immersed boundary formulation. The largest values of turbulent stresses in the wake of the hydrofoil are achieved outwards from the radial coordinate of the tip of the propeller blades. This is due to spanwise gradients across the hydrofoil (in the direction parallel to the span of the hydrofoil), producing a displacement of the pressure side legs of the tip vortices towards outer coordinates, where they experience shear with the wake of the hydrofoil. The evolution of turbulence is non-monotonic across the streamwise direction. This is a consequence of the growing shear resulting from the complex interactions involving the shear layers from the trailing edge, the tip vortices and the two branches of the hub vortex coming from the two sides of the hydrofoil. Such a shear is reinforced by the spanwise velocities developed by the two branches of the propeller wake across the hydrofoil. Compared to an isolated propeller, these phenomena enhance turbulence production. The present results highlight that a downstream hydrofoil, typical of surface ships, is able to significantly intensify the wake signature of a propeller.     

On the use of bend–twist coupling in full-scale composite marine propellers for improving hydrodynamic performance

Marine propellers are designed to work for a particular operating condition. However, a propeller often requires to operate at different off-design conditions, when its hydrodynamic efficiency drops. In this paper, a comprehensive numerical study is presented on the use of bend–twist coupling of composite propeller blades for improving their hydrodynamic efficiency at off-design conditions. The analysis is carried out on a full-scale propeller of diameter 4.2 m, considering the complete viscous turbulent flow, as the loading and deformation of model propellers that have been typically studied in literature for this purpose cannot be extrapolated to a full-scale prototype propeller. The open water performance is estimated using the finite volume method employing the pressure based RANS equation for the steady, incompressible, turbulent flow. The deformation analysis is done using the finite element method based on the first order shear deformation theory for composite laminates. The fluid–structure interaction is incorporated in an iterative manner. The effect of laminate configurations on the maximum twist achieved in the blade is studied for four different composite materials. The numerical study reveals that, within the limits of material safety, the twist generated in the deformed propeller using commonly used composite materials is inadequate to create any noticeable change in the hydrodynamic efficiency. When the material failure is ignored, however, it is possible to generate sufficient deformation and twist that can cause appreciable improvement in the hydrodynamic performance.     

舵几何特征对桨-舵系统尾流场演化的影响

发生在桨和舵之间的干扰会影响螺旋桨尾流的演化,导致尾流场中的湍流在下游增强,恶化船舶的振动和噪声性能,深入分析舵几何参数对桨-舵系统尾流场演化的影响能够为推进器尾流场的调节和减振降噪提供新思路.因此,从弦长、剖面和梯形舵入手分析不同的舵几何参数对螺旋桨尾流场演化特性的影响,使用大漩涡模拟方法模拟流场中的湍流结构,对不同舵弦长、剖面下的螺旋桨尾涡结构演化进行了分析,在舵弦长、剖面影响螺旋桨尾流场演化的研究的基础上分析了梯形舵对螺旋桨尾涡结构的影响,进一步分析了梯形舵影响下的螺旋桨尾流场中湍动能的分布.结果表明舵的弦长和剖面均会影响螺旋桨尾流场的演化,这种影响表现为更大的弦长和更厚的剖面会促进螺旋桨梢涡在舵压力面上的偏移,更薄的舵剖面会带来更强烈的螺旋桨毂涡偏移;涡管轮廓和舵表面脉动压力的对比均表明梯形舵会促进螺旋桨尾流场沿逆舵梯度方向偏移,从而导致螺旋桨的尾涡结构在舵两侧及下游呈现不对称分布,桨-舵系统下游的湍流结构与螺旋桨尾涡-舵碰撞过程、螺旋桨尾涡-舵随边涡干扰过程、螺旋桨梢涡-螺旋桨毂涡干扰有关,偏移更大的螺旋桨尾涡结构会在尾流场中更早地引起湍动能增强.     

Measurements in the flow around a marine propeller at the stern of an axisymmetric body

An experimental study of the flow around and behind an axisymmetric body driven by a marine propeller is reported. Experiments were performed in a wind tunnel to document this complex, unsteady, three-dimensional, turbulent shear flow. Measurements were made in the boundary layer and wake of the bare body with a fixed dummy hub for the propeller, with the dummy hub rotating, and finally, with the propeller in operation. A five-hole yaw probe was employed for the mean-flow measurements, and two- and threesensor hotwires were used to obtained the mean and turbulent velocity fields. Part 1 of this two-part paper describes the experimental arrangement and circumferentially-averaged results which clarify certain overall aspects of the flow when it is viewed as a rotationally-symmetric flow. These are of special interest in marine hydrodynamics. In Part 2, the triple-sensor hotwire data are analyzed using phase-averaging techniques to reconstruct the instantaneous velocity and Reynolds-stress fields downstream of the propeller to show the evolution of the wakes of individual blades, blade-tip vortices, and the complex flow associated with vortices generated at hub-blade junctions.     

An advanced design method for propellers behind bodies of revolutionCalcul de l'hélice fonctionnant en arrière d'un corps à symétrie axiale

The flow around the unshrouded marine propellers operating in the wake of an axisymmetric body is rotational and tridimensional. An inverse method based on the model of inviscid and rotational fluid and coupling two complementary steps (axisymmetric computation + 3D panel method) is proposed for the design of the marine propellers. The meridional flow computation leads to the determination of axisymmetrical stream sheets as well as the approximate camber surface of the blades and gives a good estimation of the surface of the free vortex wake. The new aspects developed in this method are the involvement of the contraction and the stretching of the free vortex wake, the rotational character of the incoming flow in the axisymmetric computation with tridimensional effects due to 3D panel method. To cite this article: N. Settou, B. Viney, C. R. Mecanique 331 (2003).     

Hydroelastic Effects of the Camber Ratio on A Ducted Marine Propeller in A Wake Flow

The effects of the camber ratio on the hydrodynamic and structural behaviors of a NACA-based ducted marine propeller in the wake flow behind an underwater axisymmetric body are numerically studied by computational fluid dynamics methods, in particular, the finite element method. The results are presented in terms of the efficiency, deflection, pressure coefficient, and natural frequencies. It is shown that the wake flow strongly affects the performance of the selected propulsion system. It is shown that the distributions of the camber ratio over the blades of the propeller nonlinearly changes its resistance against cavitation occurrence and deflection, and also changes its hydrodynamic performance and vibrational behavior.     

两种不同弦长螺旋桨的风洞试验及分析

本文介绍了两种不同弦长螺旋桨的风洞试验结果。试验在西北工业大学NF-3风洞的三元试验段进行,试验风速分别为V=20m/s、30m/s和40m/s,每个风速下,螺旋桨旋转速度为:900r/min、1200r/min、1500r/min、1800r/min、2100r/min、2400r/min、2700r/min、3000r/min、3300r/min、3600和3900r/min。风洞试验结果表明:当两种螺旋桨的翼型相同、桨叶角沿径向分布相同,但弦长沿径向的分布不同时,它们的拉力、扭矩、功率、效率以及前进比会有显著区别。其中,1#螺旋的弦长大于2#螺旋桨,在相同的试验风速和螺旋桨转速下,1#螺旋桨的拉力、扭矩和功率高于2#螺旋桨,但效率低于2#螺旋桨。     

PIV analysis of flow around a container ship model with a rotating propeller

The flow characteristics of the propeller wake behind a container ship model with a rotating propeller were investigated using a two-frame PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique. Ensemble-averaged mean velocity fields were measured at four different blade phases and ensemble-averaged to investigate the flow structure in the near-wake region. The mean velocity fields in longitudinal planes show that a velocity deficit is formed in the regions near the blade tips and hub. As the flow develops in the downstream direction, the trailing vortices formed behind the propeller hub move upward slightly due to the presence of the hull wake and free surface. Interaction between the bilge vortices and the incoming flow around the hull causes the flow structure to be asymmetric. Contour plots of the vorticity give information on the radial distribution of the loading on the blades. The radial velocity profiles fluctuate to a greater extent under the heavy (J=0.59) and light loading (J=0.88) conditions than under the design loading condition (J=0.72). The turbulence intensity has large values around the tip and trailing vortices. As the wake develops in the downstream direction, the strength of the vorticity diminishes and the turbulence intensity increases due to turbulent diffusion and active mixing between the tip vortices and the adjacent wake flow.     

某调距导管桨系泊工况水力性能和流激直发声预报

采用经验证的计算流体力学方法,对某艏辅推调距导管桨设计螺距和系泊工况螺距的水动力性能进行了有效预报,并对系泊工况装船桨流激噪声进行了分析。系泊工况下,由于导管桨的抽吸作用在导管外壁近壁面区域存在与导管内部流动方向相反的逆向流动,且导管桨尾流场速度梯度分布不均匀、流动紊乱,此时桨叶与导管的推力之比约为1.2∶1。系泊工况船+桨的瞬态流场脉动信息表明,导管桨各部件噪声源强度均表现出从1倍到4倍叶频依次下降的规律,最强幅值集中在桨叶导边和导管内壁;在远场声源级频谱曲线中轴向测点线谱较高峰值位置体现出导管桨进流流场的流动特性。对比分析该艏辅推整体和各部件宽带声源级指向性,可知旋转部件(桨叶、桨榖)对总噪声级的贡献较大,静止部件是径向测点噪声的主要贡献源。     

Performance-based design and analysis of flexible composite propulsors

Advanced composite propellers, turbines, and jet engines have become increasingly popular in part because of their ability to provide improved performance over traditional metallic rotors through exploitation of the intrinsic bend–twist coupling characteristics of anisotropic composite materials. While these performance improvements can be significant from a conceptual perspective, the load-dependent deformation responses of adaptive blades make the design of these structures highly non-trivial. Hence, it is necessary to understand and predict the dependence of the deformations on the geometry, material constitution, and fluid–structure interaction responses across the entire range of expected loading conditions.The objective of this work is to develop a probabilistic performance-based design and analysis methodology for flexible composite propulsors. To demonstrate the method, it is applied for the design and analysis of two (rigid) metallic and (flexible) composite propellers for a twin-shafted naval combatant craft. The probabilistic operational space is developed by considering the variation of vessel thrust requirements as a function of the vessel speed and wave conditions along with the probabilistic speed profiles. The performance of the metallic and composite propellers are compared and discussed. The implications of load-dependent deformations of the flexible composite propeller on the operating conditions and the resulting performance with respect to propeller efficiency, power demand, and fluid cavitation are presented for both spatially uniform and varying flows. While the proposed framework is demonstrated for marine propellers, the methodology can be generally applied for any marine, aerospace, or wind energy structure that must operate in a wide range of loading conditions over its expected life.     

侧斜与负载对螺旋桨无空化和空化水动力性能的影响

为了定量分析空化初始航速的影响因素,首先分析侧斜和负载对螺旋桨无空化和有空化时性能的影响。以NSRDC4381无侧斜桨和4383100％侧斜桨为对象,采用改进Sauer空化模型和修正SST湍流模型,对空化崩溃性能、空化初生性能和无空化时正车、倒车以及紧急倒车敞水性能进行了计算与比较。结果表明,预报两个桨的敞水性能曲线和多空化数下的空化崩溃性能曲线均与实验值吻合较好。在中度负载区间（J=0．5-0．9）内,侧斜对正车和紧急倒车时敞水性能以及空化时推力和力矩崩溃性能均无明显影响,但会使倒车敞水性能显著下降。在重载和轻载条件下,侧斜均能明显改善空化初生性能。侧斜一定时,负载会直接影响尾流湍流速度脉动量和涡核集中区分布,影响轴面速度流管收缩程度,进而影响无空化和有空化条件下的推进性能。     

Analysis of unstable vortical structure in a propeller wake affected by a simulated hull wake

A two-frame PIV (particle image velocimetry) technique was used to investigate the flow characteristics of a complicated propeller wake influenced by a hull wake. As the propeller is significantly affected by the hull wake of a marine vessel, measurements of the propeller wake under the hull wake are certainly needed for more reliable validation of numerical predictions. Velocity field measurements were conducted in a cavitation tunnel with a simulated hull wake. Generally, the hull wake generated by the hull of a marine ship may cause different loading distributions on the propeller blade in both the upper and the lower propeller planes. The unstable propeller wake caused by the ship’s hull was interpreted in terms of turbulent kinetic energy (T _KE) to obtain useful information for flow modeling. The unstable or unsteady phenomenon in the upper propeller wake was identified by using the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method to characterize the coherent flow structure with turbulent kinetic energy. Strong unsteadiness appeared in the second and higher modes, largely affecting the downstream flow characteristics. The first eigenmode can be used to appropriately identify the tip vortex positions even in the unstable downstream region, which are helpful for establishing reliable wake modeling.     

Cavitation Research and Ship Propeller Design

The role of cavitation research in the design of ship propellers and the influence of research on propeller design is reviewed. The historical development of research on bubble cavitation is an example of a lack of communication between research and design. Research on sheet cavitation is starting now and simplifications such as two dimensional cavitation are being made. It is argued from observations on propellers that the use of two-dimensional cavitaties is not a proper simplification to investigate sheet cavitation. An illustration is also given of the gap between the assessment of the risk of erosion on propeller models and research on erosion. Finally, the simplifications of tip vortex inception and the problems of the inception speed of propellers are discussed.     

自由面对潜艇尾流场流动特性影响研究

潜艇周围绕流场流动特性会影响潜艇的机动性能, 特别是近水面航行时, 自由面的存在会增大潜艇尾流场的复杂程度.为探究潜艇在近水面航行时自由液面对潜艇尾流场流动特性的影响机理,借助大型水下三维粒子图像测速技术开展潜艇尾流场流动特性研究.首先通过美国泰勒水池标准模型实验结果对试验方法准确性进行验证; 随后,用验证后的模型试验方法对潜艇尾流场进行测量,得到不同潜深工况、不同速度下的桨盘面轴向速度以及脉动速度,同时辅以数值模拟对试验无法测得的兴波波系及中纵剖面速度场加以补充,从兴波角度阐述了自由面对潜艇尾流场流动特性影响机理. 研究结果表明:潜艇在近水面航行时, 随着Fr增大,桨盘面处轴向速度云图中上方等值线整体趋于扁平化, 较4D潜深工况,1.5D潜深工况出现局部脉动速度极大值, 且脉动速度结构整体下移; 自由面存在时,艇体与自由面间流场速度明显增大, 特别在桨盘面区域, 流场速度明显提升.随着Fr增大, 桨盘面处的自由液面高度逐渐降低,这就导致了桨盘面位置出现更大的流体速度, 即造成了桨盘面伴流场挤压现象.