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Analysis of the 3D zone of flow establishment from a ship’s propeller

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In the present study an experimental investigation of the time-averaged velocity and turbulence intensity distributions from a ship’s propeller, in “bollard pull” condition (zero speed of advance), is reported. Previous studies have focused mainly on the velocity profile of not a rotating ship propeller but a plain jet. The velocity profile of a propeller is investigated experimentally in this study. The velocity measurements were performed in laboratory by using a Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA). The measurements demonstrated two-peaked ridges velocity profile with a low velocity core at the centre within the near wake. The two-peaked ridges combined to be one-peaked ridge at 3.68 diameters downstream indicating the end of the zone of flow establishment. The study provides useful information from a rotating ship’s propeller rather than a simplified plain jet to researchers investigating flow velocity generated from a propeller and probably resulting local scouring.

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  1. Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Wei-Haur Lam

  2. Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AG, UK

    Gerard Hamill & Desmond Robinson

  3. Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AH, UK

    Srinivasan Raghunathan

  4. Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, 116024, China

    Yongchen Song

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Lam, WH., Hamill, G., Robinson, D. et al. Analysis of the 3D zone of flow establishment from a ship’s propeller. KSCE J Civ Eng 16, 465–477 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-012-1256-7

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