Propeller Lifting Line
Propeller lifting line theory is a mathematical framework for analyzing and designing ship propellers by modeling each blade as a lifting line with circulation distribution. Developed by Sydney Goldstein in 1929 and refined by Kerwin and others, the method accounts for blade loading, wake effects, and propeller interactions. Lifting line theory provides efficient predictions of propeller thrust, torque, and efficiency and remains standard in preliminary propeller design and optimization.
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- Goldstein, S. (1929). On the vortex theory of screw propellers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 123(792), 440–465. · DOI 10.1098/rspa.1929.0078
- Kerwin, J. E., & Lee, C. S. (1986). Prediction of steady and unsteady marine propeller performance by numerical lifting-surface theory. SNAME Transactions, 94, 332–377. · URL
- Phillips, A. B., Turnock, S. R., & Furlong, M. (2010). Comparisons of CFD simulations of cavitating propellers with experiment. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp'09). · URL
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