Experimental validation of fluid–structure interaction computations of flexible composite propellers in open water conditions using BEM-FEM and RANS-FEM methods

In the past several decades, many papers have been published on fluid–structure coupled calculations to analyse the hydro-elastic response of flexible (composite) propellers. The flow is usually modelled either by the Navier–Stokes equations or as a potential flow, by assuming an irrotational flow. Phenomena as separation of the flow, flow...