PAMM
Volume 12, Issue 1 pp. 743-744
Section 22
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A Three-Dimensional Panel Method for the Simulation of Sheet Cavitation in Marine Propeller Flows

Maria Bauer, 

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Maria Bauer

Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology, Schwarzenbergstraße 95 C, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Maria Bauer, phone +49 40 42878 6147, fax +49 40 42878 6055

Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud, phone +49 40 42878 6053, fax +49 40 42878 6055

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Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud, 

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Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud

Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology, Schwarzenbergstraße 95 C, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Maria Bauer, phone +49 40 42878 6147, fax +49 40 42878 6055

Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud, phone +49 40 42878 6053, fax +49 40 42878 6055

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First published: 03 December 2012
https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201210360
Citations: 1

Abstract

This paper presents a three-dimensional panel method based on potential flow theory for the modelling and simulation of sheet cavitation in marine propeller flows. Sheet cavitation is a physical effect where the pressure in the flow falls below the vapour pressure such that a vapour sheet occurs on propeller blades. Sheet cavitation can influence the flow characteristics on propeller blades significantly and can lead to a decrease of propeller thrust as well as noise and vibrations on the ship hull. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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