EXPERIMENTAL NAVAL HYDRODYNAMICS FINAL PROJECT

KP505 Experimental Crashback Study

For our final project in experimental naval hydrodynamics, Eric Jones and I took on the task of conducting an experimental study of the KP505 operating in crashback. The KP505 propeller is a 5-bladed propeller for the KCS container ship. This study was to match the computational work done the previous year in CNH. Our primary objective was to capture the ring vortex on both the high speed camera and the particle velocimetry tracking (PTV) cameras, our secondary objective was to record and compare the forces and moments on the propeller. Our primary objective was achieved, unfortunately because of issues with the fluids lab tow tank the forces and moments recorded had significant errors associated with them. Click the link below to read more about the project.