27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-2.3.3

PROPELLER BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM THEORY WITH VORTEX WAKE DEFLECTION

M. K. Rwigema
Univ. of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Keywords: blade element momentum, propeller, vortex wake, wake deflection

To enable propeller slipstream effects in a panel method code, a propeller slipstream prediction model is being developed. The model will be evaluated against supporting wind tunnel experimentation carried out on an Unmanned Aircraft. The predicted flow characteristics will be incorporated into the prescribed free-stream of the panel method.

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