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 PropElements
is a new software product from HydroComp for detail propeller
design and analysis. Propeller
specialists will find it an essential addition to their propeller
design toolbox, but it also was developed to elegantly address the
system-level hydrodynamic needs of naval architects, as well.
Useful for both design and
analysis, PropElements provides the ability to uniquely capture
the performance of a particular propeller on a particular vessel.
You can prepare a noise-sensitive wake-adapted propeller design for
your vessel, for example. Or analyze the behavior of an existing
propeller. Working with a ducted propeller? PropElements
supports standard nozzle styles (such as 19A, 33 and 37). You can
also create custom performance files for special nozzle designs.
For the "propeller-geeks"
out there, we can tell you that PropElements is a unique
implementation of a vortex lattice lifting line code. But it is far
more than what you may have been introduced to in school. It offers
a fully-viscous, scalable solution made possible through
HydroComp's experience in hybrid empirical-numerical
hydrodynamics.
Data entry can be manual, or imported
from PropCad, your own software, or even spreadsheets. Output is provided in both reports and plots. A number of Import and
Export options make PropElements an important companion for
HydroComp's NavCad and PropCad software, as well as the perfect
pre-processor for higher-order flow codes and CFD.
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