Study of the efficiency of various designs propellers based on numerical modeling of working processes

The article examines the characteristics of looped propellers compared to conventional (traditional) propellers. Numerical modeling is used to obtain integral characteristics of the main parameters and construct propeller performance curves to analyze the performance of various propeller types under various operating conditions. A comparison of conventional and looped propellers is conducted, and the comparative analysis demonstrates increased efficiency and improved cavitation performance of looped propellers across a wide range of operating conditions.

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