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Title: | Simulations of a ship's propeller jet | ||||
Author: | Lam, Wei-Haur |
ISNI:
0000 0001 3604 197X
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Awarding Body: | Queen's University of Belfast | ||||
Current Institution: | Queen's University Belfast | ||||
Date of Award: | 2008 | ||||
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This project is to investigate the velocity profile and turbulence intensity within
a ship's propeller wash using a joint computational and experimental approach. Ship's
propeller jet consists of two zones, the zone of flow establishment (ZFE) and the
zone of established flow (ZEF). In these zones, the axial, tangential and radial
components of velocity are predicted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The
CFD predictions show the axial component of velocity is predominant in the propeller
wash. This is followed by the tangential component of velocity, which contributes to
rotation of the jet, arid the radial component of velocity, which contributes to the
jet diffusion. Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) is employed to measure the velocity
magnitudes within these two zones allowing the validation of the CFD predictions. The
investigation suggests the most appropriate choice of the turbulence model, rotating
model, discretisation scheme, computational geometry and the grid type to be used
to simulate a ship's propeller wash. A comparison between the current experimental
measurements and the earlier works are also presented.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.491706 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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