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Analysis of the flow field around a rudder in the wake of a simplified marine propeller

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2017

Roberto Muscari Open the ORCID record for Roberto Muscari [Opens in a new window] ,
Giulio Dubbioso  and
Andrea Di Mascio
Roberto Muscari*
Affiliation:
CNR-INSEAN, via di Vallerano 139, 00128 Roma, Italy
Giulio Dubbioso
Affiliation:
CNR-INSEAN, via di Vallerano 139, 00128 Roma, Italy
Andrea Di Mascio
Affiliation:
CNR-IAC, via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The vortex–body interaction problem, which characterizes the flow field of a rudder placed downstream of a single-blade marine rotor, is investigated by numerical simulations. The particular topology of the propeller wake, consisting of a helicoidal vortex detached from the blade tips (tip vortex) and a longitudinal, streamwise oriented vortex originating at the hub (hub vortex), embraces two representative mechanisms of vortex–body collisions: the tip vortices impact almost orthogonally to the mean plane, whereas the hub vortex travels in the mean plane of the wing (rudder), perpendicularly to its leading edge. The two vortices evolve independently only during the approaching and collision phases. The passage along the body is instead characterized by strong interaction with the boundary layer on the rudder and is followed by reconnection and merging in the middle and far wake. The features of the wake were investigated by the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}_{2}$ -criterion (Jeong & Hussain, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 285, 1995, pp. 69–94) and typical flow variables (pressure, velocity and vorticity) of the instantaneous flow field; wall pressure spectra were analysed and related to the tip and hub vortices evolution, revealing a non-obvious behaviour of the loading on the rudder that can be related to undesired unsteady loads.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 814 , 10 March 2017 , pp. 547 - 569
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