Aircraft propeller simulation

M MOHSIN · February 4, 2005, 05:52

Hello. I'm going to simulate a 3 and 4 bladed aircraft propeller encountered with side flow. Can anybody out there help me to get some idea to simulate this propeller? I've used MRF before, however I got negative lift result. For your information, Fluent 6.1 was used to simulate this propeller?

M MOHSIN · February 14, 2005, 12:16

yes you can do it very simple. once you have the geometry all you have to do is to put your propeller into a cilinder and give a rotation mouvement to the reference. in the tutorials you can find a model for rotor stator flow. is the same thing only that your rotor is the propeler and the stator is the plane. yes i've done a hovercraft propeler in fluent and those ware happy with the results

cip

M MOHSIN · January 13, 2014, 05:20

Hi . i want to do propeller simulation in CFD and then extract results like
VORTEX INTERACTION
THRUST DISTRIBUTION
PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION
VELOCITY CONTOURS etc
So plz guide me how can i do it i.e Meshing type ?? boundary conditions in FLUENT ???? .

REGARDS
Pro-engineer
you can email me also sir at twinklingbeacon@gmail.com

samcfd · January 4, 2016, 03:14

hi ,

im working on a simulation of a helicopter propeller in FLUENT, I would want to understand what is the kind of mesh domain that is most suitable for this kind of a problem...also can u please help me as in how to set up the model in fluent...What kind of technique is being used for rotating elements and how to set up the problem..Thanks a ton...

February 4, 2005, 05:52	Aircraft propeller simulation	#1
white Guest Posts: n/a	Hello. I'm going to simulate a 3 and 4 bladed aircraft propeller encountered with side flow. Can anybody out there help me to get some idea to simulate this propeller? I've used MRF before, however I got negative lift result. For your information, Fluent 6.1 was used to simulate this propeller? M MOHSIN likes this.

February 14, 2005, 12:16	Re: Aircraft propeller simulation	#2
cip Guest Posts: n/a	yes you can do it very simple. once you have the geometry all you have to do is to put your propeller into a cilinder and give a rotation mouvement to the reference. in the tutorials you can find a model for rotor stator flow. is the same thing only that your rotor is the propeler and the stator is the plane. yes i've done a hovercraft propeler in fluent and those ware happy with the results cip M MOHSIN likes this.

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January 13, 2014, 05:20		#3
M MOHSIN New Member M Mohsin Iqbal Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: National University Sciencies & Technology, Pakistan Posts: 17 Rep Power: 12	Hi . i want to do propeller simulation in CFD and then extract results like VORTEX INTERACTION THRUST DISTRIBUTION PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION VELOCITY CONTOURS etc So plz guide me how can i do it i.e Meshing type ?? boundary conditions in FLUENT ???? . REGARDS Pro-engineer you can email me also sir at twinklingbeacon@gmail.com

January 4, 2016, 03:14		#4
samcfd Member samrat himvanth nanduri Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 14	hi , im working on a simulation of a helicopter propeller in FLUENT, I would want to understand what is the kind of mesh domain that is most suitable for this kind of a problem...also can u please help me as in how to set up the model in fluent...What kind of technique is being used for rotating elements and how to set up the problem..Thanks a ton...