Research Article

Improved Performance Prediction of Marine Propeller: Numerical Investigation and Experimental Verification

Table 1

Related settings in simulation.

Numerical method Settings/Value

Inlet and the radial outer boundary settingA free-stream velocity components turbulence intensity: 1%
Outlet settingPressure-outlet static pressure: 0 Pa
all solid surfaces settingNo Slip boundary condition
Calculation modelThe standard k-ε model
Calculation schemeSIMPLEC
MomentumSecond-order backward discretization
pressurea body force weighted