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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Propulsion Design

Duelley, Richard Skyler 12 October 2010 (has links)
The goal of this design process was to achieve the most efficient propulsive system for the candidate autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) as possible. A mathematical approach, using fundamental motor equations and derived quantities, was used to characterize and select an efficient brushless electric motor for the propulsion system. A program developed at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, called OpenProp versions 1 and 2.3 was utilized to design a custom propeller that maximizes the efficiency of the system. A brushless electric motor was selected for the candidate AUV based on a survey of available off the shelf motors and a mathematical characterization process. In parallel with the motor characterization a propeller design was optimized using OpenProp v1 to perform a parametric analysis. OpenProp v2.3 was then used to design a unique propeller for the selected motor. The propeller design resulted in a final propeller with an efficiency of 79.93%. The motor characterization process resulted in two candidate motors being selected, the NeuMotor 1925-3Y and NeuMotor 1521-10.5Y, for in house testing and evaluation. A total propulsive system efficiency of between 44% and 46% was achieved depending on which motor is selected for the final design. / Master of Science
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Development and study of noise generation from propellers / Utveckling och studie av ljud genererat från propellrar

Anton Dunström, Anton, Skjernov, Fredrik January 2022 (has links)
Noise generation from underwater activities propagates into the marine environment.For marine vessels the propulsion system generates the most noise during itsoperations. Naval vessels that want to operate without being detected want to controlthe sound generating properties of the vessel. To control the sound generatingproperties this project has been looking into the existing propeller of the submergedcraft Carrier Seal that is produced by James Fisher Defense. Then a new and bespokenpropeller has been developed with theories applied to minimize its noise generatingproperties. The properties of the propeller that have been altered is the number ofblades, blade area ratio, pitch and skew angle. These properties have been alteredwith aid of the open-source software for Matlab named Openprop. From the finalpropeller design a prototype was later produced, tested and compared to the existingpropeller of the Seal Carrier. To test and compare these two propellers a test procedurewith inspiration from NATO and the Swedish Defense and Research Agency (FOI) wasdeveloped. The results from the comparison show that the sound pressure level fromthe propeller spectrum could be lowered with 3 dB re 1 μP a for the vessels design speedand several blade tones could be eliminated entirely. Simultaneously the efficiency ofthe vessel is increased throughout its speed range.In conclusions the recommendation to JFD is to change their existing propeller tothis bespoken propeller as it has proven itself to better in every way during thesetrials. / Ljud som genererats under vatten sprider sig långt från källan där de uppstått. Frånmarina fartyg är det framdrivningssystemet som står för majoriteten av det genereradeljudet. För militära fartyg som inte vill upptäckas är det av yttersta vikt att minimeraljuden som genereras ombord. För att kontrollera detta har det här projektet riktatin sig på fartyget Carrier Seal som tillverkas utav James Fisher Defense (JFD) ochdess propeller. Den existerande propellern har analyserats och därefter har en nyoch förbättrad propeller utvecklats. Utvecklingen har gjorts genom att tillämpatillgängliga teorier som gått ut på att minska propellerns ljudskapande egenskaper.Propelleregenskaperna som har undersökts är antalet blad som propellern har, dessbladtäckningsgrad, stigning och skevningsvinkel. Dessa egenskaper har varierats medhjälp av mjukvaran Openprop som körs i Matlab för att hitta en kombination somgenererar mindre ljud än sin föregångare. Därefter har en prototyp tillverkats ochtestats för att sedan jämföras med den existerande propellern. Testproceduren somgenomförts har tagits fram med inspiration från liknande procedurer som genomförtsav NATO och FOI. Resultatet från jämförelsen visar att ljudtrycksnivån från propellernhar kunnat minskats med 3 dB re 1 μP a för hela propellerspektrumet vid farkostensmarschfart och flertalet bladtoner kunde elimineras helt och hållet. Samtidigt someffektiviten kunnat förbättras över hela fartområdet.Slutsatsen som kan dras av arbetet är att JFD rekommenderas att byta deras nuvarandepropeller till den förbättrade propellern eftersom den har visat sig avsevärt mycketbättre under dessa tester.

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