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Undergraduate Research: Experimental Study on Performance of Marine Propellers

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Virtual On line

Publication Date

June 22, 2020

Start Date

June 22, 2020

End Date

June 26, 2021

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and Industry

Tagged Division

Manufacturing

Page Count

7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--35412

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https://peer.asee.org/35412

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Jahangir Ansari Virginia State University

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Jahangir Ansari is Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CAE, and Virtual Manufacturing.

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Abstract

Abstract Application of computer-aided technologies in design, manufacturing, and engineering analysis is one of the major undergraduate research in the MANE-manufacturing engineering program at Virginia State University. In summer 2017, a manufacturing engineering student engaged in a project titled Computer-Aided Reverse Engineering of a Boat Propeller. The objective of the project was to assist the student to boost his knowledge of reverse engineering and gain hands-on experience in the solid modeling of complicated products. Since 2018, the project has continued to investigate the performances of standard marine propeller models. In the present study, we aim to clarify the effect of the number of blades on the generated thrust force when the propellers are operating at their maximum capacities. We also aim to review the geometric characteristics of the different propellers’ blades in marine industries. An experimental setup was established, and a series of propeller models were designed using NX 11.0, a commercial CAD software. Using a 3D printer, a set of propeller models with the same blade shape and geometric characteristics but a different number of blades (two-five blades) was prototyped. The results of the conducted experiments and students learning outcomes presented in this report.

Ansari, J. (2020, June), Undergraduate Research: Experimental Study on Performance of Marine Propellers Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35412

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