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By Fred E. Weick
Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
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Reproduced by
NATIONAL TECHNICAL
INFORMATION SERVICE
U S Department of Commerce
Springfield VA 22151
Wa sh ing% on
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMb!ITTEEFOR AEROZAUTiCS.
PROPELLER DESIGN,
By Fred E. Weick.
8ut_ma ry
which v:ere taken from R.& l_f. No. G39 of the British Ag_visory
were obtained from tests of" model propel lers, not from tests
of model _vings.
rOduced from @
st available cop,/.
Int roduct ion
report a modified form of the theory with data which makes its
ments.and, the forces acting on ca,oh are found. From the su<ma-
the propeller. The fact _hat the blades interfere with e_ch.
I Reproduced from _
section (Fly. 5). lbest available copy.
The -kotal forc_ on the section due to both lift and drag
taken as
2
C' L × b
Let K_) "-=o and T c = Kp cos(@+7).
•- :_ sirff¢ × D
Q = -,
_ V_D_ B/_ Qc d _X_ ....
wL_eze Qc = KD × _r × sin@ +_) .
o _D /
.
The horseDowers are then found from the expressions:
equations (Z) and (4) are performed graphically with the aid of
a planimeter.
blade foxTn (Fig. II) the torque and thrust grading curves used
tween the ordinate Qc, at the 75 per cent radius and the to-
tal area, o
this one station only and multiply by a constant factor to _e%
the value of O
jr Qc d (_,;, and o
/ TO d rh could be found in
a similar manner.
sligs , blade widths and thicknesses. As the curves are all ap-
the ordinate.
T _ • v
- •156 x _,_ x q'c
$he expres-
As" TTc = Kp cos(@+_) and Q" = .375 Kp sin(@+7),
propeller having a plan form tapering toward the tip, and ap-
Application
is S
._6 ft. and the camber or _s .107 "
i
Pitch _ 7 = .3975
tan blade angle CB = _°n r 2_ x 5.75
lao u
radius, ol,,,dc width, and number of o!adeo. The throe
2 w r For
used in the form of a coefficient S, where S - Bb
!
= C_-¢ = 1"6 ° - .5 ° = I.I °.
= . 0290
The va.luos of Qc and TO are found for each section (Tab!c iI)
and clotted against r/D (Fig. I0). Those are called the
torque and thrust grading curves. The area under the torquc
= S I]_
0
" =
o v_zfs / Tcd fZh
_D/
0 "
The torque horsepower found above is the power which the pro-
= 944 ft./see.
1,'2 {/._? \
e_ qe d _ has a constant value of .272,
_C
N.A.C.A. Tech_icai Note No. 255 I0
0
Q 0=
:,"%. @')-.....,.,× , .... _, y 029 = .0079
V " 9
.4_e × FZ
_,_me efficiency - tan .tS.9 °
tan(¢ +W)
Refe r@lqo @s
TABLE I.
S ymbol s
m
•._P. - Tnru_;t
,1 _
horsepov_er •
- Efficiency
!
Corrected angle of attack : ct - c (Fig. 5),
<
N.A.C.A. Technical Note No. 335 !3
TABLE I I.
_p
r (ft.) 1,5
,,m .-]
_r3 .Co5 ! 3:0 3,75 4.5
f
2w r 9.42 -1_.4.13 23.55 28.25
]8.84:
_w rn 383 4-34- 1565 707 1848
_D
,..,0
• _o •o .9 ° 1.1 ° I.i °
Table !I (Cont.)
-,a _"
A,_c,Iysis of Standard iTavy Wood Propeller
i:
• L
\
t
N.A.C.A. Technical Note No. _35- Figs.l,2,3,4 & 5
_L
I
I
.__-----%-
I
.........b
i i
// o1
__. _/
R
FJ.g,l
/ J t' _ I _ ___._
I t ....." i_T 1 _P
I ""- ..... _ _ b ......
............. __ _ ., ..s ,
8 v :_
Fie;. 5 theory.
Diagrams used in the devc_.lopm_nt of f;ie modified blade element
N.A.C.A. Technical Note No.235 Fis.6
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7"-H--..__.X.4_.
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O.r,
1
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?.
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_-7 _--_-_o-
-----;
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7-? _:__.77,<_ ....
.-".-- i -" 4 z
- - _
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7->_T;:>,.t..../_
.... -; [P
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/.-.- _,_?//_J" I I I
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•" - / .// ////i.// ! ,
.__s
"/.//< z;.///i .. 1
• 12 /,,/.u/ /'// "/" I i ..... .
3.-.://V/
.___,_0./,//"/
, -
°t ¢<//
.o_- //
An#'le of i#]oidenco . mr ,-
Fi,@.6 L/D and C L curves fro_ model Navy prop.d_ta exp,:,_d,&.
N.A.C.A. Technical Note No.235 _.,
8 CL .30 --j
50 o
= - :301
I
i
• 2O
I
I
t
0
0 IO o 0 I0 ° 20 °
_ /'7-
N.A.O .A.
Tech.
No .235
No t,i_'._ •:° ,],Li , ,
IF:_.8
I ......
6° ,___ I :
I
S= 9Trr
50 __
I
4 ° ....
¢ 3° ___ ......J_._k..
'._I_, X IX ./ ......
2°
1°
0 ,, , I r i
CL::I. I( S
Bb BI_
hO ' '
A--}.:°
............... i
_L__
__ .8<
......... ... J .....
.7
_, ( \\
.6
_0 10 ° 20 o 30o0 ° 10 ° ¢ 20°-/g,. 0° I0 ° 20 °
q_
0
p_
0
It- Max. camber =I.0
CD
_0
_dge _- b Oq
Leading Oq
.o_ .l ._ .5 .4 .'5 ;6 ? .8 .9
I
i< Blade width(b} -
tation .1 i. i.5i.6
!
7 I "8 .9 T_R:!
Ordinate!ilO .A1 .59 !.79 .95 .998 t .99 t ,95 .87 [7_ I.SS .35 .0v"
c_
N.A.C .A. Technic%l Noto No.255
Fig.lO
sq.in. =.0620
'/o TO a(r/D):O.Olx6.20
,, 1/2
o Qc d(r/D) = 0.001×8.05 sg.in,=.O0805
.04 [
..... i
/ •
.O3
/I
71 --o_<.....
-9c
rc_ ......
0
c_ .08
r J
\ \
.01 i
l
- !
• ,,,
I
I
t
f
t I
0 .1 .3 .4 .5
r/D
Fig.lO Thrust and t o r que grading OUrVeS.
_ _0-
_-3
O
O
C_
_4
o
1.00
.900 b/o .945 L
] oq
I
i _9_
I J
!
d-
J
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i
÷
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.15 .30 ._5 .60 .75 .9O
Radius,r/R