DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SHIP PROPELLER USING FEA

ABSTRACT- This project deals with the application to a propeller, which is the basic and the most important element for propelling the ships, submarines, etc. Propellers also used to develop significant thrust to propel the vehicle at its operational speed. The blade geometry and design are more complex involving many controlling parameters. The present work deals with modeling and analyzing the aluminium propeller blade of an underwater vehicle for its strength. A propeller is a complex geometry which requires high end modeling software. The solid model of propeller is developed in CATIA-V5 R20 and a tetrahedral mesh is generated for this model using HYPER MESH and static analysis is carried out using ANSYS. 1