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Further Model lests on Four-Bladed Controllable-Pitch Propellers
By
Atsuo YAZAKI and Nobuo SUGAI
August 1966
Ship Research Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Further Model Tests on Four-Bladed
Controllable-Pitch Propellers
By
Atsuo YAZAKI and Nobuo SUGAI
Summary
This paper presents the results of the tank tests of a systematic series of
Modified AU-type four-bladed controllable-pitch propeller models, the
expanded-area ratio of which is 0.70.
The design and calculation diagrams of the series
are given.
The same type of controllable-pitch propeller model with expanded-area
ratio of 0.55 and with non-uniform radial pitch distribution is also tested.
Introduction
One of the authors reported the results of the tank tests on the
four-bladed controllable-pitch propellers with the expanded-area ratio of
0.40 and 0.55 in the Papers of Ship Research Institute.1
Further to the work, the authors conducted a systematic testing
work with the same type of controllable-pitch propeller models with
expanded area ratio of 0.70 in the Mejiro No. 2 Experiment Tank. The
propeller model, with expanded area ratio of 0.55 and non-uniform radial
pitch distribution was also tested.
In this paper, the authors present the results of the open water
tests and some design diagrams.
Model Propellers and Open Water Tests
Model propellers used here are made of alminium alloy and they
have the diameter of 0.25 m.
Their principal particulars are given in
Table 1.
As are shown in Table 1. they have two groups of the area ratio
0.70 and 0.55.
The radial pitch distribution of the wide blade area
group is uniform, but that of the narrow blade area group is non-uniform.
The authors call the former AU-CP 4-70 and the latter AU-CP 4-55
(non-uniform).
Model propellers shown in
Fig. i are built up with four blades
and a hub to change the setting angle of the blades.
The blades are
2
aft sides of the hub.
Therefore, it is possible to adjust the blades to a
given setting position by rotating the blades to the ahead
or astern
direction and fixing them by the set-screws.
Open water tests were carried out in the No. 2 Experiment Tank
according to the ordinary practice.
To obtain the net thrust, the correction for the resistance of the
screw hub was made at various speed of advance for the measured
thrust.
The Reynolds number Rn of the tests is shown in Table 1.
The tests were conducted at various angular blades settings, that
is, the blades were rotated by 5 degree intervals to increase or decrease
the pitch.
Tests Results
The results of the tests for each propeller are shown in Figs. 2 to
5 in the form of J-K7, KQ,
Odiagrams.
In these figures, 0 denotes the adjusted angle of the blades from
the initial setting, therefore "0=0° " means the initial setting
condi-tion of the blades of each propeller.
Positive sign of the advance constant J and the thrust coefficient
K7 corresponds to the propeller in ahead running and negative sign to
the propeller in astern running.
Negative value of the torque coefficient
KQ shows that the propeller is rotated by the current.
When the effective pitch
is adjusted to nearly zero, curves of KQ
show the singular characteristics.
And, in curves of K7. remarkable
discontinuity comes out at a certain fixed speed.
Under this speed of
advance, the waves induced are in front of the propeller, but when
speed of advance becomes higher than this speed, the waves are left
behind the propeller, so remarkable discontinuity in curves of K7 will
be found at this particular speed.
Values of K7, K( and i read from these figures are tabulated in
Tables 2 to 5.
Design Diagrams
Fig. 6 shows the B-ô type design diagram for the propeller with
the expanded area ratio of 0.70, AU-CP 4-70.
The metric units are
used, and the density of sea water is assumed as 104.51 kg sec2/m4.
It is possible to determine such a principal dimensions as diameter
and pitch ratio of the four-bladed controllable-pitch propellers, applying
this diagram and similar diagrams for AU-CP 4-40 and ATJ-CP 4-55 at
the initial stage of design.
3
Another types of diagrams which are convenient for calculating the
performances of the propellers when their blades setting angles are
adjusted are shown in Figs. 7 to lo.
Symbols in these figures are as follows;
T; thrust in metric tons, P; delivered horse power in PS.
D; diameter in meter, V; speed of advance in knots.
Nc; N/lOU and N is number of revolutions of the propeller per
minute.
Effect of Pitch Distribution
Fig. 11 shows the radial pitch distribution of M.P. No. 1575.
Comparing Figs. 5 and 10 with Figs. 1.6 and 1.14 in the previous
paper' we find the effect of the pitch distribution on the performance
for the controllable-pitch propeller.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable co-operation and
as-sistance of the late Mr. Einosuke Kuramochi and the staff of our Institute
who assisted to carry out the experiments and the calculations.
We also
wish to acknowledge the Yokohama Ship Yard, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry
Co. Ltd., as most of the work reported here were carried out under
the co-operative research project with that Company.
Reference
(1) A Yazaki, Model tests on four-bladed controllable-pitch propellers. Papers of Ship
4
Table 1.
Principal Particulars of Model Propellers
Model Propeller No.
1572
1573
1574
1575
Diameter (m), D
0.250
0.250
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0.30
0.30
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0.250
0.200
0.150
0.200
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HID
1.00
0.80
0.60
0.80
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0.70
0.55
Blade Thickness Ratio,
t0/D
0.050
0.050
Mean Blade Width Ratio,
BID
0.392
0.308
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0.464
0.364
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