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　Wencan Zhang,Lihong Wu,Xiangwei Jiang,et al.Propeller Design for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by the Lifting-line Method based on OpenProp and CFD[J].Journal of Marine Science and Application,2022,(2):106-114.[doi:10.1007/s11804-022-00275-w]
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Propeller Design for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by the Lifting-line Method based on OpenProp and CFD

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Title:
Propeller Design for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by the Lifting-line Method based on OpenProp and CFD
Author(s):
Wencan Zhang1;  Lihong Wu1; 2;  Xiangwei Jiang1;  Xisheng Feng2;  Yiping Li2;  Junbao Zeng2;  Chongde Liu2
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Author(s):
Wencan Zhang1;  Lihong Wu1; 2;  Xiangwei Jiang1;  Xisheng Feng2;  Yiping Li2;  Junbao Zeng2;  Chongde Liu2
1. Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
Keywords:
Autonomous underwater vehicle|High efficiency|Propeller|Wake|Lifting line|OpenProp
分类号:
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DOI:
10.1007/s11804-022-00275-w
Abstract:
A high-efficiency propeller can enable a long mission duration for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). In this study, a new method with OpenProp coupled with computational fluid dynamics was developed to design a propeller for an Explorer100 AUV. The towed system simulation of the AUV was used to measure the nominal wake, and a self-propulsion simulation was used to measure the effective wake at the disc plane just in front of a propeller. Two propellers referring to the nominal wake (propeller 1) and effective wake (propeller 2) were designed with OpenProp and appended with the AUV for self-propulsion simulations, respectively. Through the numerical simulation of the AUV self-propulsion tests, the cruising velocity of AUV was obtained. The flow characteristics of the self-propulsion in pressure and velocity contours were also analyzed. The propeller designed with an effective wake improved the thrust, velocity, and efficiency by approximately 11.3%, 6.7%, and 2.5%, respectively, as compared with those with a nominal wake. The cruising velocity of the final designed propeller for the Explorer100 AUV improved by 21.8%, as compared to that of the original propeller from the AUV free-running tests.

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Received date: 2022-04-17;Accepted date:2022-05-31。
Foundation item:The National Key Research and Development Program (Grant No. 2021YFC2801100), Key-area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2020B1111010004), and Joint Fund of Science & Technology Department of Liaoning Province, State Key Laboratory of Robotics (Grant No. 2020-KF-12-05).
Corresponding author:Lihong Wu,E-mail:wlh@sia.cn
Last Update: 2022-08-17