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Based on Hilbert space theory, an infinite-dimensional optimization method to find the optimal pitch distribution of marine propellers was developed. Thereby, the three-dimensional effect of induced velocity could effectively be controlled in an optimal way; i.e., an investigation was carried out to learn whether the present method is applicable to the design of marine propellers, especially pitch distributions, by maximizing the propeller efficiency functional. In addition, with the help of Hilbert space theory, it was successfully shown that the optimization method developed has a unique mathematical solution. In this work, only the pitch distribution was optimized, while other parameters such as the camber and thickness of the trial propeller remained as in the original. With a numerical study, it is shown that the present optimization method gives an optimal pitch distribution, the open-water characteristic curve being superior to the original curve.
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Received: August 24, 2000 / Accepted: July 16, 2001
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Jang, T., Kinoshita, T. & Yamaguchi, H. A new functional optimization method applied to the pitch distribution of a marine propeller. J Mar Sci Technol 6, 23–30 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00010634
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00010634