Propeller optimization design based on the adjoint method

WANG Rui; XIONG Ying

doi:10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.02131

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WANG R, XIONG Y. Propeller optimization design based on the adjoint method[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2022, 17(1): 36–41 doi: 10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.02131

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WANG R, XIONG Y. Propeller optimization design based on the adjoint method[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2022, 17(1): 36–41 doi: 10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.02131

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WANG R, XIONG Y. Propeller optimization design based on the adjoint method[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2022, 17(1): 36–41 doi: 10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.02131

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Propeller optimization design based on the adjoint method

doi: 10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.02131

WANG Rui^1
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XIONG Ying^2
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The 91404 Unit of PLA, Qinhuangdao 066001, China
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College of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China

Received Date: 2020-10-01
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-14

Available Online: 2022-02-22

Publish Date: 2022-03-02

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Objectives In order to develop a highly efficient method for propeller design optimization, the adjoint method is studied based on surface panel method. Methods An adjoint equation is established under the conditions of zero normal velocity of blade and equal-pressure Kutta to obtain a formulae for solving sensitive derivative problem. A DTMB 4381 propeller is used as the research objective to calculate the sensitive derivatives of propeller performance to design parameters using the adjoint method and traditional method respectively for solving governing equation. Next, an analysis of senstive derivatives on a ship propeller design is carried out based on the adjoint method.The sensitive derivatives are then obtained and applied to optimize the geometric parameters of the propeller, achieving the optimal solutions which are compared with that by particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm of ISIGHT. Results The results indicate that the sensitive derivatives caluculated via the adjoint method are not only in good agreement with that by traditional method, but also offers much higher computation efficiency, generating optimal solutions of the propeller design superior to that by PSO algorithm with less time-consumption. Conclusions The research shows that the computation efficiency of the adjoint method is superior to traditional intelligent algorithms in multi-parameters optimization design of ship propellers.
- ship propeller,
- optimization design,
- adjoint method,
- surface panel method

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