NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION ON PROPELLER CAVITATION BY CFD METHOD

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to predict propeller performance in cavitating condition and simulated features of cavitation on the blades using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods. The paper presents the results of cavitation modelling for Potsdam Propeller Test Case (PPTC) in 3 different working points. Received results in this research agreed with the experimental results fairly well, thereby confirming the reliability of calculation and simulation results.