Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System
The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the hydrodynamics performance of the three types (pusher, tractor and Schottel) of the azimuthing podded drive (AZIPOD) electric propulsion system. To evaluate the propulsive performance of the podded drive system, the Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes...
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| description | The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the hydrodynamics performance of the three types (pusher, tractor and Schottel) of the azimuthing podded drive (AZIPOD) electric propulsion system. To evaluate the propulsive performance of the podded drive system, the Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) solver is employed. KP-505 propeller as the research object, hydrodynamic open-water characteristics of this propeller was first calculated, and agreed well with test results. Then, numerical simulation of the thrust, torque and efficiency of the three types of the AZIPOD systems (Pusher, Tractor and Schottel) with KP-505 propeller at various yaw angles (from -30° to +30° with 15° increments) and different advance coefficients were compared. For the Schottel propulsion system, the effects of the number of propeller blades and the blade pitch-diameter ratio on performance are presented and discussed. Finally, the effect of sturt, support element and pod for pusher type on the pressure coefficient, thrust and torque of one blade and whole blades is investigated during one cycle. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9e39250cb30b4e9fbe41f30cd2f025ea2025-02-10T13:26:05ZengSciendoPolish Maritime Research2083-74292024-12-01314213010.2478/pomr-2024-0047Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion SystemGholami Hossein0Ghassemi Hassan1He Guanghua2Shamsi Reza3Amirkabir University of Technology, IranAmirkabir University of Technology, IranHarbin Institute of Technology, ChinaKhorramshahr Univ. of Marine Science and Tech, IranThe main purpose of this paper is to investigate the hydrodynamics performance of the three types (pusher, tractor and Schottel) of the azimuthing podded drive (AZIPOD) electric propulsion system. To evaluate the propulsive performance of the podded drive system, the Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) solver is employed. KP-505 propeller as the research object, hydrodynamic open-water characteristics of this propeller was first calculated, and agreed well with test results. Then, numerical simulation of the thrust, torque and efficiency of the three types of the AZIPOD systems (Pusher, Tractor and Schottel) with KP-505 propeller at various yaw angles (from -30° to +30° with 15° increments) and different advance coefficients were compared. For the Schottel propulsion system, the effects of the number of propeller blades and the blade pitch-diameter ratio on performance are presented and discussed. Finally, the effect of sturt, support element and pod for pusher type on the pressure coefficient, thrust and torque of one blade and whole blades is investigated during one cycle.https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2024-0047azimuthing podded drive (azipod)kp-505 propellernumerical simulationhydrodynamic characteristics |
| spellingShingle | Gholami Hossein Ghassemi Hassan He Guanghua Shamsi Reza Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System Polish Maritime Research azimuthing podded drive (azipod) kp-505 propeller numerical simulation hydrodynamic characteristics |
| title | Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System |
| title_full | Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System |
| title_fullStr | Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System |
| title_short | Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the Pusher, Tractor and Schottel Types of the Azipod Propulsion System |
| title_sort | hydrodynamic characteristics of the pusher tractor and schottel types of the azipod propulsion system |
| topic | azimuthing podded drive (azipod) kp-505 propeller numerical simulation hydrodynamic characteristics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2024-0047 |
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