Advanced high speed propellers offer large performance improvements for aircraft that cruise in the Mach 0.7 to 0.8 speed regime. At these speeds, studies indicate that there is a 15 to near 40 percent block fuel savings and associated operating cost benefits for advanced turboprops compared to equivalent technology turbofan powered aircraft. Recent wind tunnel results for five eight to ten blade advanced models are compared with analytical predictions. Test results show that blade sweep was important in achieving net efficiencies near 80 percent at Mach 0.8 and reducing nearfield cruise noise about 6 dB. Lifting line and lifting surface aerodynamic analysis codes are under development and some results are compared with propeller force and probe data. Also, analytical predictions are compared with some initial laser velocimeter measurements of the flow field velocities of an eight bladed 45 swept propeller. Experimental aeroelastic results indicate that cascade effects and blade sweep strongly affect propeller aeroelastic characteristics. Comparisons of propeller nearfield noise data with linear acoustic theory indicate that the theory adequately predicts nearfield noise for subsonic tip speeds, but overpredicts the noise for supersonic tip speeds.


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    Title :

    Summary of recent NASA propeller research


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    Publication date :

    1985-02-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Summary of Recent NASA Propeller Research

    D. C. Mikkelson / G. A. Mitchell / L. J. Bober | NTIS | 1984


    Summary of recent NASA propeller research

    Mikkelson, D. C. / Mitchell, G. A. / Bober, L. J. | NTRS | 1984