Journal
OCEAN ENGINEERING
Volume 250, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.111061
Keywords
Pump -jet propulsor; Hydrodynamics; Drift; Vortices
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51979226]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [3102019HHZY030019, 3102020HHZY030018]
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This study investigated the effects of oblique flow on an underwater propulsor through numerical calculations, showing significant force fluctuations and complex vortex evolution in drifts. The duct experienced the largest force change, with flow separation observed at high drifts.
Analysis of an underwater propulsor in different conditions is widely concerned in naval hydrodynamics due to the close connections with design and performance. Large lateral loads on a propulsor may be produced in drift, critical for bearing safety and maneuvering. This work aims to investigate the oblique flow effects (0 degrees-30 degrees) on a pre-swirl stator pump-jet propulsor (PJP). Numerical calculations are conducted by improved delayed detached eddy simulation. The results perform consistent with the experiment. The forces on the rotor, stator, and duct are discussed, focusing on the magnitude and fluctuation. Then the flow and its coherent structures are analyzed. Results indicate that the PJP has significant force fluctuation and more complex vortices evolution in drifts. The forces change considerably, and their fluctuations are aggravated and have more low-frequencies components. The duct has the hugest force change. The leeward of duct outside forms a considerable flow separation at high advance coefficients in high drift, breaking the PJP wake morphology. The duct separating vortices accelerates the interaction between the tip clearance leakage vortices and the duct shed vortices. The mainstream in the windward has a deflection to the leeward, and the interaction with freestream accelerates the vortex dissipation. The stator blades, whose pre-swirl directions are inverse with the cross-flow, occur considerable flow separations at high advance coefficients in drifts, forming considerable separating vortices successively interacting with wake vortices of the stator and rotor.
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