Numerical Simulation of a Podded Propulsor in Viscous Flow

A podded propulsor in viscous flow is numerically simulated in this article. The region of fluid is divided into efficient calculation grids. The pressure and viscous force of blades, pod and strut are obtained as functions of an advance coefficient. The steady result is used as a base in the unsteady simulation to obtain a solution more quickly. The distributions of the thrust and torque fluctuations of the key blade in one revolution are obtained. The calculation results from the mixing plane on steady conditions are compared with those obtained from the sliding mesh model on unsteady conditions. The User-Defined Function (UDF) method is used to simulate the influence of ship hull on the non-uniform wake of the propeller.