Research on the Model of Water Jet Propulsion Using Compressed Gas Based on Fluent Software

Abstract:

For the problems of the propeller and traditional water-jet propulsion, a new water-jet propulsion device using compressed gas is introduced in this paper. The physical model of this water-jet propulsion is designed and tested, and a numerical model of its drive device is established and the grid is divided by the software GAMBIT. The related hydrodynamic parameters are acquired through the simulation of the drive device by the software Fluent. The results of the simulations and the experiments are basically consistent. So this new water-jet propulsion method is feasible and it is an effective way to conduct the research by CFD simulation. The simulation results provide some references for designing the drive device of this water-jet propulsion model.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 288)
• Pages: 276-281
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.288.276
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Xiao Gang Zhou, Jia Hua Han
• Keywords: Compressed Gas, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluent, Water Jet, Water-Jet Propulsion

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