2.3.15 Simulation of propeller rotation

Product: ABAQUS/Explicit  

This benchmark problem, which includes a large number of rigid body rotations, is intended to illustrate the performance of shell and solid elements in ABAQUS/Explicit.

Problem description

Results and discussion

Input files

Figures

Figure 2.3.15–1 Propeller problem.

Figure 2.3.15–2 Deformed plot of propeller discretized with C3D8R elements in one blade and S4R elements in the other after about 99.5 revolutions.

Figure 2.3.15–3 Rotational velocity of the rigid hub about its axis.

Figure 2.3.15–4 Whole model energy history in different models of the propeller.