Tools for Power Prediction and

Propeller design

Martin Th. van Hees

Subjects
What is performance prediction;
Power prediction and propeller selection with DESP;
Preliminary propeller design with INDFACT;
Detailed propeller design and analysis with ANPRO
Power Prediction & Design workflow;

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Performance prediction:

To establish a speed-
power relationship of a
future vessel

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Performance prediction:

Is our design
technically feasible (in terms of installation space
needed, cavitation, noise & vibr., etc.);

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Performance prediction:

Is our design
cost effective & competitive
(installation cost, fuel consumption,
GHG emission..)

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Performance prediction:

a crucial conceptual design step!

Performance
prediction

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Choose propulsive arrangement

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Choose propulsive arrangement

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Power prediction: DESP
Developed by Jan Holtrop and Frits Mennen in the eighties;
Based on statistical analysis of model tests and full scale
trial results;
Predicts resistance and performs preliminary propeller
selection;
Accuracy is limited and depends on ship type and
availability of correlation data;
Useful for comparison of alternative main dimensions and
propulsive configurations;
No alternative for model tests!
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Power prediction: DESP

Prediction on the basis of hull main parameters

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Power prediction: DESP

Ship type

Propulsive
arrangement

Aftbody type
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Power prediction: DESP

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Propeller selection & design
Decide on propeller type, (open or ducted), number of
blades, single or twin screw, diameter and/or revs, blade
area ratio;
Affects overall propulsive efficiency;
Estimate wake fraction, thrust deduction factor and EtaR
based on statistical data (DESP, correlation data, CFD);
Propeller and aftbody is the propulsion system!

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Propeller selection (1)
The Wageningen propeller series:
B-series

Ka-series, nozzles 19A, 22, 24 and 37

CP-series, 4 quadrant series, B-series with cavitation

The Wageningen Propeller Series, G. Kuiper (1992)

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Propeller selection (2)
Propeller polynomials;
KT, KQ EthaO = f(J);
Used in DESP, also stand-
alone in PSP and CSPDP;
Requires estimate of wake
fraction, thrust deduction and
EtaR (in DESP)
Allows fast exploration of
design space!

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Desp results

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Preliminary propeller design with INDFACT
Lifting line propeller design (Lerbs induction factors)

Input:
1. Estimate of thrust based on resistance and propulsive
coefficients
2. Series propeller selection D, P/D, AeAo, Z
3. Radial distribution of averaged circumferential axial and
tangential wake, either estimated, from tank test or
computed using CFD (PARNASSOS)

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Propeller preliminary design with INDFACT
Output:
1. Geometry of wake
adapted design
2. Radial distribution of
hydrodynamic
coefficients
3. Strength check

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Propeller analysis and design with ANPRO
Lifting surface propeller analysis
Input
1. Propeller geometry
2. 3D wake distribution
3. Speed, RPM, Sigma
Output
1. Open water and behind ship characteristics
2. Cavitation patterns at various blade positions
3. Input for FEM analysis (e.g. ANSYS)

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Propeller analysis and design with ANPRO

Cavitation patters Blade pressure at pressure side [kPa]

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Prediction and design workflow

An iterative process.

Propeller selection Preliminary wake

Resistance/thrust
(DESP, PSP, adapted design
estimate (DESP)
CSPDP) (INDFACT)

Detailed propeller
Adapt propeller (aftbody?) design & analysis
geometry and re-analyse (ANPRO)

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Prediction and design workflow: tool integration

Tools I/O is file based;

More efficient use in workflow environment than
through manual control;
MARIN offers these tools as stand-alone but also
integrated in Quaestor workflows, e.g. QPROP,
QRAPID, QSHIP

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