Propeller Designs: Week 6

In order to find the most effective propeller designs, we decided it would be a good idea to design two different propellers and then test the differences between them. To get a basic idea of how a standard submarine propeller looks, we conducted some research and constructed two models in Pro/ENGINEER, which are shown below.

Figure 1: Design A

Figure 2: Design B

The thought behind the Design A was to be able to move the most amount of water as possible. However, the issue with this design is that, theoretically, it will move faster in one direction than the other. Because of this, Design B is curved in both directions that will be able to move the water in both directions giving a better balance of forward and backward motion.

Brian Bucci
Tim Kaack
Justin Goebel
Daniel Stenger
James Esser