Hydrodynamics of Marine Propulsors and Turbines

3 Hours

Hydrofoil and lifting surface theory, actuator disk and lifting line theory, modeling via vortex lattice, panel methods, and Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solvers, optimum loading and blade design techniques for propellers and turbines, unsteady blade and shaft forces, and modeling of sheet cavitation. Civil Engineering 380P (Topic 5) and 397 (Topic 32: Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Dynamic Positioning Systems) may not both be counted.