Propeller Design and Performance Evaluation by Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): A Review

Ahmad Fariduddin Ahmad Faris ； Adi Azriff Basri ； Ernnie Illyani Basri ； Ezanee Gires ； Mohammed Thariq Hameed Sultan ； Kamarul Arifin Ahmad

《Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Aviation》 53卷2期 Vol.53 No.2 ISSA 2020 Special Issue (2021/06) Pp. 263-274

https://doi.org/10.6125/JoAAA.202106_53(2).19

摘要

The paper reviews the literature on the propeller blade in terms of design and evaluation performance in the field of aeronautics. The purpose of this paper is to conceptually identify the work on propeller blades, particularly for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology, and provide in-depth technological applications with engineering systems. The paper discussed the evolution of propeller blades in terms of working principle and evaluation performance, whereby all researchers attributed these capabilities both in the simulation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and experimental studies. Implementing propeller blade design has proven its improvement on airfoil shape, chord length, angle twist, and blade angle of attack through various optimization methods. To date, there are insufficient reviews on the blade position of origin and provides a comprehensive understanding of this topic. This discussion highlighted the state-of-the-art research area on this optimum performance of the propeller blade.

關鍵字

Propeller Blade ； UAV propeller ； Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ； Evaluation performance

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