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NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR AERONAUTICS
REPORT 999
INVESTIGATION OF THE NACA 4-(3)(08) -03
AND NACA 4-(3)(08)-045 TWO-BLADE PROPELLERS AT
FORWARD MACH NUMBERS TO 0.725 TO DETERMINE
THE EFFECTS OF COMPRESSIBILITY AND
SOLIDITY ON PERFORMANCE
By JOHN STACK, EUGENE C. DRALEY. JAMES B. DELANO, a nd LEWIS FELDMAN For sa le by th e Superintendent or Documents, U. S. Government P rintin g Office, Washington 25. D . C. Yearly subscription. $3.50; for eiin, $4..50; single copy price "aries according to size - - - - - - - - - Price 30 cents AERONAUTIC SYM BOL S 1. FUNDAMENTAL AND DE RI VE D UNITS Metric English Symbol Abbrevia- Unit Un it Abbreviation tion m eter __________________ Length ______ foot (or mile) _________ I m ft (or mi) second _________________ Time ________ second (or hour) _______ t s sec (o r hr) Force ________ weight of 1 kilogram _____ F kg weight of 1 pound _____ lb Power _______ hors(' power ___________ horsepower (met ri c) _____ P hp ---------- {kilometers per hOllL _____ miles per hOUL _______ kph mph Speed _______ V feet per second ________ meters per second _______ mps fps 2. GENERAL SYMBOLS
w Weight=mg v Kinematic viscosity
p D ensity (mass per unit volume) g Stanuard acceleration of gravity=9.80665 m/s 2 4 2 or 32.1740 ft,/sec Standard density of dry air, 0.12497 kg_m- _s at 15° 0 and 760 mm; or 0.002378 Ib-ft-4 sec W Mass=- m g Specific weight of "standard" air, 1.2255 kg/m or I Momen t of inertia=mk • (Indicate axis of 0.07651 Ib/cu ft, radius of gyration Ie by proper subscript.)
Ooeffieient of viscosity 3. AERODYNAMIC SYMBOLS Angle of setting of wings (relative to thrust line)
s Area
Angle of stabilizer setting (relative to thrust Area of wing S'" line) G Gap Q Resultant moment b Span n Resultant angular velocity e Ohord . b R Reynolds number, p Vl where l is a linear dimen- A Aspect ratIO, S J.I.
sion (e.g., for an airfoil of 1.0 ft chord, 100 V True air speed mph, standard pressure at 15° 0, the corre-
q Dynamic pressure, ~ p V2
sponding Reynolds number is 935,400; or for an airfoil of 1.0 m chord, 100 mps, the corre- L Lift , absolute coefficient Gr, =:S sponding Reynolds number is 6,865,000) Angle of attack
D Drag, absolute coeffici ent G D = ~
Angle of downwash Angle of attack, infinite aspect ratio
Profile drag, absolute coefficient GDO=~
Angle of attack, induced Angle of attack, absolute (measured from zero-
Induced drag, absolute coefficient GDi=f~
lift position) Flight-path angle
Parasit.e drag, absolute coeffici ent C = ~S
Dp
Oross-,," inJ. force, absolute coefficient C = q~
G c
REPORT 999
INVESTIGATION OF THE NACA 4- (3)(08)-03
AND NACA 4-(3)(08)-045 TWO-BLADE PROPELLERS AT
FORWARD MACH NUMBERS TO 0.725 TO DETERMINE
THE EFFECTS OF COMPRESSIBILITY AND
SOLIDITY ON PERFORMANCE
By JOH N S TA CK, E GENE C. DRALEY, JAME S B. DELA NO, and LEWI FELDMAN Langley Aeronautical Laboratory Langley Field, Va.
ational Advi ory Comnlittee for Aeronautic
H eadquarters, 1724 F tre et NW., Wa shington 25, D. C.
Cr e ated by act of Congres approved March 3, 1915, for the supervi ion and diT ect ion of the cientific tudy of the problems of flight (U. . Code, Litle 50 , ec. 151 ). It member hip \Va increased from 12 to 15 by act approved March 2,1929, and to 17 by act approved May 25,194 Th e member are appointed by the Pr e ident, and serve as such without co mp en ation.
JEROME C. HUN SAKE R, C. D ., Ma s achu set t I nstitute f T e chnology, Chairman ALEX AN DER WETMOR E, C. D ., ec r et ary , mitb so nian In t i tut i on, Vice Chairman D ETLEV W . BRONK , PH. D ., Pr esid ent, J ohns Hopkins Univer- Do , ALD L . P UTT, i\Iaj or General, United tates Air Force , s it y. Dir ect or of R e e ar ch and D eve lopm ent, Office of the Chie f of J OHN H . CASSAD Y, Vice Admiral, United tate I avy , D eputy Staff, D eve lopm e nt .
Ch ief of aval Op e rations. ARTHUR E. RAYMOND, 8c . D ., Vice Pr esid ent, Engin ee ring, EDWARD U. C ONDON , P H. D. , Dir ect or, National Bur e au of D oug la s Air c raft C o., In c.
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R. M . HAZE ,B. ., Dir ecto r of En ginee ring , Alli on Divi sion, GORDON P. 811. V ILL E, M ajor General, United tate s Air F orce, General 1\Iotors Cor p . D eputy Chief of S taff- D e,·e lopment.
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THEODORE C. LON NQUEST, R ea r Admi ral , United tates Navy, TH EODORE P . WR IGHT, C. D ., Vice Pr esid ent for R esea rch , D e pu ty and A i t ant Chie f of the Bur eau of Aeronaut ics. Co rn e ll niversi ty.
H UG n L. DRYD EN, PH. D ., Director JOHN F. VICTORY, LL . D., Executive S ecret ary JOHN W . C ROWI , EY, JR. , B. ., Associate Director Jor Research E. I-I. CHAMBERLIN, Executive Offi ce r H ENRY J . E. R E ID, D. Eng., Dir ecto r, Langl ey Aer o nau tical Labora to r y, Langl ey Fi e ld, Va .
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EDWARD R. HARP, C. D ., Dir ecto r , Lewis Fligh t P ropulsion Laborator y, Cleveland Airpor t , Cleveland, Ohi o TECHNICAL COMMITTEE A ERO DYN AM I CS O PERATING PRO BLEMS PO WER PLANT S FOR AIR CRAFT I NDUSTRY Co SUL TIN G AIRCR AFT CONSTRUCTIO Coordination oj Research Needs oj Milita?'y and Civil Aviation Preparation oj Res earc h P ro gra ms Allocation oj Problems Prevention oj Duplication Consideration oj Inv entions L ANG LEY A ERONAUTICAL LABORATORY, LEWIS FLIGHT P ROPULSION L ABO RAT O RY , AM ES AE RO AUT I CAL L ABORATORY, Langl ey F ield, Va. Cl eve land Airp ort, Cl evelan d, Ohio Moffe tt Field, Calif.
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REPORT 999
INVESTIGATION OF THE NACA 4 -( 3) ( 08 )- 03 AND NACA 4- (3) ( 08 )- 045 TWO-BLADE PROPELLERS AT FORWARD MACH NUMBERS TO 0.725 TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF COMPRESSIBILITY AND SOLIDITY ON PERFORMANCE 1 By JOR T A K , E GENE . DR ALEY, JAM ES B. D ELANO, and L EW I S FELDMAN SUMMA R Y Available airfoil data arc essen tially two-dimensional and when applied without co rr ect i on for three-dimensional As part oj a general investigation oj p1'op ell e1's at high e ff ects, as at a tip , and withou t co rr ect ion for tunnel-wall j01'wa1'd peeds, t es ts oj two 2-blade propellers ha vin g the N A 'A.
e ff ect , which at high Ma ch number are till un cer ta in , 4-(3) (08 )-03 and NAOA 4- (3) (08) - 045 bl ade designs ha ve may give unduly pessimi tic r es ults. On the other hand , been made in the La ngley 81 00t high-speed tu nne l through a exi st ing prop eller data obtain ed at high tip speeds but low range oj blade angle jrom 20 ° to 60° jor j01'wa1'd - .Mach num - forward peed are noncon ervat i ve wh en applied to co m- b el' j1'om 0.165 to 0.725 to esta bl is h in detai l the chang es in pu tat ions for high forward peeds because the var ia tion propeller characteristics du e to compressibil it y effec t. Th ese of Ma ch numb e l' along the blad e is inc orr ec t. Pl'opeller propelle1' differed primarily only in blade olidity, one pro- e ffici en cy at high forward speed est ima ted by the u e of pelleT havin g 50 pe1'cent mOTe olid it y than the other.
these data is too high. ome fligh t t est data hav e been Serious lo s es in propeller efficiency were jound as the pro- obtain ed by variou expe rim e nt s which how cr iti cal tip peUer tip ]vlach num b er exceeded 0 .91, i1'respective oj jorward Ma ch n umbers of O. to 1.0. 80m of the 1' e ult are speed 01' blade angle. Th e magnitude oj the efficiency lo ses qu es tionable because of the pr act i ca l impo si bility of obtain- va Tie d jrom 9 percent to 22 peTcent peT 0 .1 incTease in t ip ing adequate ly controlled te t cond ition. Furthermore, lYlach num b eT ab ove the cTitical value. Th e range oj advance non e of th e flight data per mit an eva lu ation of the co mpr ess- ratio JOT peak effic iency decrea ed ma1'lcedly wi th incTea se oj ibility losses beca use the blade- ection speeds are in the jOTward speed. Th e general j01 'm oj the changes in thrust c ompr e ibility range even for th e lowe t peeds in vest i gate d.
and power coefficients was jound to be imilar to the changes eve ral year ago the AOA, r ecognizing the el'iousne s in aiTjoil lift coefficient wi th chang es in Ma ch num b er. Effi- of the probl m , in tituted a long-range re ea r ch pro gram to ciency losses due to compressib ility effect decrea ed with l ea d to the developmen t of improved propellers at high increase oj bla de width. Th e Tesults in dicated that the high forward speeds. Early pha ses of this work were airfoil level oj pTopeller efficiency obtained at low speeds could be tudie that led to the design of ections havin g ru o- h critical maintained to jorwa Td sea-l evel speeds excee d in g 500 miles Ma ch numb er (refer e nc e 1). Exi sting prop eller dynamorri- per hour.
, eter were un sui tab le because of inad equate power for I TR OD CTION this extensive r esearch, and the building of new and ade- Limitation s of th e scr ew prop eller as a propul iv e elem e nt quat ely powered dynamom eter was al so und e rtak en.
for aircraft du e to adv erse co mpr e ibility e ff ect hav e b ee n hor tly after this prog ram was in tituted , the defen e pro- r ecognized for ev e ral yea r s. Airfoil and prop eller inv e ti- gram and l ater the war emergen cy aro e and many delays gations ha ve s hown th at mark ed decr ea e in prop eller in the procureme nt of blad es and equi pm ent were e n- e ffi cie ncy ar e en c ount er ed a blad e- ect ion peed approach co unt er ed becau e of priorit ies as igned to other work.
th e speed of sound. ome exi ting information ha ceen R ecognizing the need for prop eller development and for int e rpr eted a showing that screw prop ellers might become tudy of co mpr e ibili ty phenomena as related to propeller, impracticable becau e of c om pre ibility 10 es at sp ee d the Langl ey L abor at ory propo ed an emergency investi- slightly high er t han C Ul'r e nt blad e- ect ion peeds. Oth er gation with imm ediately ava ilable equipment to stu dy information ha been interpreted a c on tra dictory of this par ticularly th e c()mpre sibili ty ph enomena.
conclu ion. T wo dedu ct ions that appear to be clear ar e : Th e pr esent r e earch con i st of in vestigations of two- Fir st, the Lrue magnitude of the 10 i re l at i ve ly unknown bl ade propeller over an extensi ve range of ' Maeh number and , second, th e 10 se are of ma g nitud e ufficient to r equire and blade angle and includ e, in addition to th e e ff ects of con ide rabl e r esear ch leading to the developme nt of im- co mpr e sibili Ly, the c fl' eeL of olidity and blade- ection pro ved propeller if c urr en t efficiencies are to be maintained. cam ber . Th e flr st re ul ts of thi invcstio-ation which are I Thi s repo rt co nl a in s ma lerial originally issued as A A ACR 4AIO and ACR 4B1 6 in Ja nu a ry and February 19 44, wbich until r ece ntly bavo b ee n subje ct to ec urity r eg ul at ions.
REPORT 99 N ATIO AL ADYISORY COM MITTEE FOR AERON A TI S A PPARATUS AND ME'l ' HOD related to lhe efrecl of com pr e sibility and oli dity on propeller performance arc pre en led in this report for two Th e inve ligation \\ ' :1S co ndu cted in lh e Lang ley -foot propellers having lat e-critical-speed blade section and hi gh-sp eed tunnel. Th e propell er-model configuration in- differing essentially only in so lidity. One propeller ha vestigated is sh own in flgm e 1.
conventiona l olidity and the other prop eller ha s 50 percent Propellers .- Tw o 2-blacle prope lle ]' were u ed in t hi s greater de ign so lidity.
inv est igat ion . Th e e propellers are d i gnat d a th e AOA 4- (3) (0 )- 03 and the N AOA 4- (3)(0 )- 045 blade de ign .
SY ' lBOL S T he desiO'nation numb er de cribe th e propellers. T he b blade \\i cll h, feel, number ( or number) of t he fir t group i t he diameter in Cl blade -section design lif t coefficient fect; the number (o r numbers ) of the econd group (e nclosed d wi thin the fi r st et of par ent he es ) i the de ign lift coe ffi-
C p power coefficient (pnfD s )
cie nt (in tent h ) of the blade section at the 0. 7-radiu statio n ; thc number s of t he third group (enclo cd within
C thrust coeffic ient (p J D 4 )
T the seco nd set of pa rentheses) arc th e L hi ekne ratio of the blade section at th e 0.7-radius sta tion ; and the n umb er of D prope ller diameter, feet the fomth group arc the blade so lidi ty expre sed as the ratio biD blade ",idth ratio of the blade eh orcl at the 0.7- radiu s tation to t he circumfer- h maximum lhicknes of blade seclion, feet ence of t he circle haying a rad ius 0.7 of the propeller tip h/b blade thickne s ratio radius. Th e • A A 4- (3 ) (0 )- 04 5 prop ell er thu ha a
J advance ratio (V o/ nD)
diameLer of 4 feet and t he blade section at the 0.7-radius JJ tunnel - dalum (forward) ::' Iach number (tunne l- tat ion ha a design lift coefficie nt of 0.3 , a thi ckn ess ratio empty ::'Iach number uncorrecled for lunnel- of 0.0 , and a blade 01iclity of 0.045.
wall cons l rain t)
lvf, he lical lip :\f ach number (:M-Jl +(5Y )
~ \J ,,, critical tip :\fach number propeller roLa lional peed, revolutions pel' second n p pOI I'er absorbed by the propeller, fooL-pound pel' second pOll 'er di k-l oadil1O' coefficient ( P ) 1 V - p 0 R propeller tip radius, feet r blade-seeLion radius, feet
D 2 )
propeller disk area, sq uar e feet 7r 4
s
(
propulsive thrust of prope ller, pound T
thru t disk-loading coe ffi cient (p ;;: D 2 )
Ca) Win g-fuselage m ode l.
tunnel - datum velocity (tunne l- empty ve lo city uncorrected for tunnel-ll'all con traint) , feet pel' second e quivalent free- air velocity (tunne l-d atum velocity cOl'l'ectecl for tunnel -wall constraint), feet per second blade- ection tation r/R section blade angle, degrees {3 section blade angle at 0 .75 tip radiu , degrees (3 0.7S R
propulsive efficiency ( g: J)
7J maximum propul ive efficiency at 10 1\ ' tip ::'I ach number ( J1 , ,,,, 0.25) relative maximum efficiency maA'imum propulsive efficiency 7Jm ax air density, slugs p e l' cubic foot FI Gt: HE I.- Installa tion for prope ll er investigation in Lan gle), 8 -f oo i hig h, speed tullo e\.
p INVES ' fIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF COMPR ESSIB IL ITY A D SOLIDITY 0 PRO PE LLER PERFORMANCE 3 Th e propeller we re origu la lly designed and eon t r uct ~ d ec tion was a modified ACA 66 - eric ection of 9 perce nt for u e in an extensive and genera] inve t io-ation of propel- thi ckness and 2 0- in ch chord, The critical Ma ch nu mber of lers at high forward 1Iach numbers . Th e blade of the e the model exceeded 0.75. Th e highe t forward Mach propell t' rs we r t' design d for a three-bl ad e propell l' to number at which th e e inv (' tigation w re conducted was pro luce minimum indu ce d ener gy los es (pro fi le drag 0.74. I n some of the pr eli minary run , oxces iv e vibration assumed e qual to ze ro) at a blade angle of approxi mately of the model wa e ncounter ed at orne p ee d and was 45 ° at the 0.7- radiu tation, Th blade ect ions arc late- eliminated by a vertical t reamlin support that ec ur ed the cri tical-speed section of the NACA 16 se ri es (referenc e 1 ); tail of the mod el to the ba lan ce rin g outside th e tunnel.
met h od and pr in ciple e mp loyed in the de i gn of th blade This u pport h ad a c riti al Ma ch numb er of 0,80.
arc di crssed in referen ce 2, The bladt' diller primarily T ho propeller hub wa c ontain ed within the lllller s pinn er of th o cowli ng and the portions of tho blad e b et w en the only in blade widt h , ( Th e NACA 4 -(3)( 0 )- 03 bl ad e is of inn er and outer cowlings Wer e shielded from the air flow by convention al wi dt h .) Bl ade-form curves for the propellers cu ff s secured to the pinn er ( fig . 1 and 4). Th e ou t iele te ted arc pre e nted in fi glu' 2.
The blad es wer e mad e of duralumin and were con tructed diam eter of the cowling at the propeller plan e wa s one-third in the Lang l ey hops, Th e blade section and other general of the propd le l" diameter ; hen ce, only the bJ ade sections having good aerodynamic form wcre expo se d to the air st ream.
dim en ions \\ ":re accurate within 0.002 inch. A photograph of th blad e i hown a figure 3. Th ere wa s a small ga p between the prop 11 er a nd the outer Wing-fuselage mod e l. - Th e mo leI ( fig. 1) was es p ecially pinner at Lh tation where Lh e blad es proj ected through the pinner. Th i gap wa ealed by a kip of ponge rubb er de igned to have a high critical Ma ch nu mbel. The NACA E cO ld i ng , which Ins designed for high critical )I ach number cemen ted Lo th e bl acl ( fig. 4) Lo pr eve nt radial outflow from ba ic tu lie of ai l' in l et in a t reamlin e body (referen ce from the cowling, 3), was used. T hi pa rt ic uJ ar co wling was origi na lly tested Dyna mo met er ,- T. h e dynamometer was completely e n- in a gencral tudy of p ur u it -air plan e performance (reference elo ed by the f ll elag e. Dynamomet er d eta il ar e shown in fig- 4). Th e wi ng of th e model extendrd through the tunnel lire 5. Th e motor wa 10 inches in diamet er and 30 in ch es long, wa ll and II-as fa tened to the ba lance ystcm. Th e ail'fo il It wa rated aL 200 hor epower at 4, 900 rpm for }~ hour of .18
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F , GU RE 2.- Dlade-f orm cur ves.
REPOR' I' 99 XATIONAL ADVISORY COM MI TTEE FOR AERONAUTICS FH';URE 4 .- Prop cllcr huh and spinner.
Thrust balance .- Th c t hru t wa m ea ur ed by th c tunncl (t ra g balance . Th e forc c indi cate d by Lhe dra g balan ee wa th c res ultant for ce al ong Lhe thru l ax i , th at i , th c thl'u t of the propell er m in u Lhc d r ag of Lhc mod el. Th c propu l- s ivc t hru sL w as de te rmin ed a tb c l' s ult a n t forcc in tb c thru st di recLion m inu L h e drag of th c model wi L b o ut Lh e p rop eller. Th c v ar iaLion in bod ? dru g clu c to va ri at io n in ae r odynam ic moothn ess from ru n to run wa s d ete rm ined from man y r ep eat tc L of th c bod y wiLhout th c prop ell er a nd ,, 'a found to bc Ie Lhan ± 1 p ercen t of the va l Li e of the FIr-eRE :l .- Blnclc dcsil,'11S i nw stign tcd.
propul iv c L hru st at ma x imum e ffi cien cy.
operat io n. ~om e of t be run s wc re limiLcd he ca usc of la ck Ro tat ional speed .- Th c prop cller l'ot a Lional specd wa s of pow('/" ('ven thou g b a cons ide rable ove rl oad a bo ve th e m ea ur ed by a con dense r- type tac h omcte r attac h ed to thc norma l ' ~ -holll" rat in g was e mplo.n ' ci. Cont inu o u p eed motor sh ah. A ch ec k on thc acc ura cy of t hi ins trum en t co nt rol of the inducL io n mo to r w as obta in ed by tile usc of a wa provid ed by co mparin g it s r eadi ngs wi th thosc obtained va ri ab le-f r('qu enc .\ - po wer s upp l.\-.
from known Li a j ous' flg ur es on an 0 cillo cop e on nectecl Th e motor h O ll s in g wa s m o ullted 0 11 b ea rin gs coaxial \\ ' ilb Lo an al te rnaLor on th c moLor sh aft. Genera ll y , th e r ota- L h e haf L a nd wa s ll eld from ro ta tLJl g lInde'r lite lo rq u (' tion al spee d obtained from both in L rum en t ag r eed to rcacLion b.\ ' a ca n l ile ve r s prin g. One e nd of t bi ca ntil e" ('/" within ±:3 rpm .
s pring w as r igid ly fix ed to tlte fr ame of tile model and th c TESTS ot h er e nd wa held i ll co n tact with t Lt e molor cas in g t hr oug h tor quc rea c tio n. The co n Lact b cL wee n s prin g a nd mo Lo l' Thru L , torqu e, unel roLat i onul peed wel' measu r ed cas ing wa s t hrou gh ro lkr b ea rin gs in th e e nd of th e sp l'ln g thr oughout th e ope r ati ng ran ge of th e p r ope llers. Th e and ) ('a ring plate f aste ll cd to th e moLo r cas in g.
r ange of blud a ngl cove red for each te t ::'II ach number Th e p r ope ll er torque' is the motor torque reaction acti ng is giycn in Lab lc 1.
on the can tilenr prill O". Thi s torqu e wa measu r ed by dcct ri nl l s train gages c eme nt ed to lh e ca n tileve r s prin g .
T .\ B L E 1. - TI -': ST RA NGE OF BLADE .\ XGJ,E ,\ ND :\fA ' J-[ FOUl" s Lrain gages werc us ed Lo fo rm th e a r ms 01' a , Vh ea t- X 1. ; :\ fBER sto nc brid ge . By arrangi ng two gage on each ide 01' th e pring , it wa po sibl e Lo provide tempe r atu r('-e A' eet com- Tunne l-d at um pe n sa tion a nd to o bt a in a d eq uat e se n itivit.\,. F o r rUD S at Blad e ang le at 0.75 mdius, 13 0 "R (fo rw ard ) (d eg) l\ [ ac h numher low va lu e 01' torque , a s imilar but w ea k('[' s prin g was u seclto obLai n improved accu r acy. A phoLog raph of til e spl'ln gs O. I ii.)
20 25 30 35 '1 0 45 50 55 60 .23 a 20 25 30 35 '1 0 45 50 55 60 with train g ages ins ta ll ed i sh own as fi g ur e 6.
.3.5 30 35 ' 10 45 50 55 60 . 43 35 40 45 50 55 60 Th c t r ain gages w er e ca librat ed b.\ ' app l.\ ' in g known .53 40 45 50 55 60 .60 45 50 55 60 weight aL the end of a n a rm fa Le n ed to th e moto r casin g .65 55 60 .675 55 60 an d by re co rdillg th e brid ge unbal anc(' as th e torqu e. Lineal' .70 55 60 .725 (150 a55 a60
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• S ot tested fo r the -"AC'A 4 -(3 )( 0~ )-o· 1 5 prop<' ll er.
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or the power of th e propeller drive motor. For the low blad angle, the propeller-rotational-speed limit of 5,000 rpm wa the principal restriction and , for the hi gh blade angles, pow I' l:ilnitation of the moLor was the principal 1' e triction. Th e data obtained, however, are ad quate for detennination of max:ilnum efficiencie and the hap e of the propeller-efficiency curve for th e advance ratio requu'ed for zero thru t to advance ratios Ie than those requu'ed for max:ilnum fficien y. The normal operating range of ~I ach number and advan ra tio for each blade angle thus G \Va overed.
E RED CTIO OF DAT A L 31362 Th e data have been reduced to the usual thru t and power A prin g E Il arde ned roller B train gages F Bearing pl ate co ffi ci ent and efficien y and have been correcLed for the C T e rmin al block G Dearing pla t propul ive effects of the owling and spinner and for tunn 1- D F elt in sula tion H De a ring phlle I Roller r eta in er wall const raint . Th e tunnel-wall constra int nece itat ed a 1'1 ,cnE 6. -Cm llil e\·er sp rin gs with s tr ai n gage .
v lo city correction to fre -au' conditions and a model-drag correction becau e of the buoyancy e ff ect.
The Le t procedure con i sted in etting the blade angle T hrust ,- Th e thl'u t coefficient \Va del rmined from the at the de ired value and rai ing the Lunnel aU 'speed to the propul ive thn l t. Th e force actually mea ured during the desired tunne l-da tum 11ach number with the propeller propeller te t wa the net force in the drag direction. Th e wUldmilling. T he range of advance ratio \ya then covered tm'u twa then letermined as the net mea med force minu by increasing the prop eller rotational speed while the tunne l- the drag of th e model without the propeller and minu the datum Ua ch numb er wa h e ld co n tanto Th e range of tlu'u t due to the buoyan cy effect. Th e model wa so advance ratio and t unnel-d atum ' Ma ch numb er were limi ted mount ed that a lif t coefficient of approximately 0.1 wa by either one of two factor , the propeller ro tatio nal peed attained at the highe t forward peeds. Th e thl'll tax is REPORT 99 NA'l'IO TA L ADVISORY COM iv fI TTEE FOR AERONA TIC S \Va therefore inclined at a mall angle, slig htl y 1 ss than 1 1. 02 ~ to the direction in which lh e drag force was mea ur ed by the ~ ba lan ce. Th c co ine correction, however, i in ignifica nt ~ and therefore h a not been applied. --......
~ 1.01 Power.- Th e power coe ffi cien t was determined from the ~ ~ :--.- o~ read in gs of lh e calibr ate d strai n gages. ome diffi c ult y wa :;:: ~ e ncounter ed with the stra in- gaO'e operation and freq u ent '--- 21.00 ca libration were made. Wh en ch anges in calibr al ion were :----..
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at zero lift coe ffi ci ent in the high advance-ratio range. Th e prope ll er thl'u t and torq ue coefficie nt hav e been correded ran ge of "elocily ra tio hown in figure 7 the facLor required for the effect of th e blower. Th e e correction were deter- lo co rr ect lhe lunnel-da tum velocity 0 1' ~Ia c h number to mined from le ts of the blower alone ope ra ted througb a fr ee- st ream condilion is e sent ially the same a lhe velocity- wide range of advance ratio at each test ~ I ac h numl cr .
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The re ults of these data were r ed u ce d Lo thru st and pow er Buoyancy correction to t hrust .- Owin O' to the contraction coeffi c ient.
of the propeller slip lr eam in the presence of lhe t Ullll el wall, Veloc it y correction due to tunnel -wall constraint .- Owing th e air ou tside of Lhe lip st r cam undergoe an increase in to lhe con traint of the tunnel walls, the equivale nt free- stat ic pr essure wi th cli tance clown t l' eam from the propel- st ream velo city co rr es ponding to the thrust and torque of ler. Thi s in crea e in stat ic pr e s ur e giv es ri e Lo a buo yancy the prop 11er mea ur ed at each ro tational peed d iffers from fo rcc on til mod el. Th c buoyancy forcc was eva lu ated the tunne l-d at um velocity (t unnel empty). Th e CO IT cction from simultan eo us m ea urem ents of th e tati c pres ur e at to lh e tunnel -d atum ve lo city was eva lu ated by urveys of orifice 6 inches apa rt in a circular tube exte ndin g to lo ca- the tota l and tatic pre ure in three planes: 12 inch e in tion ahead of and behind thc fu e la ge a nd in t< Hed approx- front of and 3 and 12 in eh behind th plan e of the propel- imat ely 6 inche from the wall of th e tunn 1. Th e e mea me- ler. Th ese urvey exte nd ed radially from the tunnel wall me nt s per mitt ed eva luation of the buoyancy for e from to the tip location of the propeller. Th e veloci ty cO lT ection chan ges in th e longitudinal pr ess ure g ra cli n t (p roduced by was then eva lua ted by the m et hod of reference 5. Thi c han ges in prop eller tbru t) in which th e mod el wa located.
correction , whi ch ha been app lied to th e calcul at ion of It was found t h. a t t h. e buoyan cy for cc \Va approximately adva n ce ratio, is pr e e nt ed in fi g ur e 7 as the ratio of fr ee -ail' 2 per cc nt of th e propul ive thrust fo r all operating co n litions vel oc ity to the tunnel-datum velocity (t ullllel e mpt y) a a of the tunnel and propeller s. Thi s co rr ec lion ha been funct ion of the t hru st di k-loading coe ffi cie nt . Th e tunnel- applied to tbe thru st r es ult pr esented h erein.
wall co rreeti on wa found to be depe nd ent on ly on the thru t R ESU LT S A D DI SCUSS IO I disk-loading coe ffi cie nt for the ran ge of tunnel pecd a nd propeller operation used in th e e inve tigation .
Th e ba ic c hara cte ri tic for the N A A 4- (3) (0 )-03 and Th e results pr ese nt ed in fi g ur e 7 how that, for the ze ro 4 -(3) (0 )- 045 two-blade propellers are pr e e nt ed in figures t hru st co ndit ion, a co rr ecti on of 2 perce nt is required to the and 9, r es p ectiv ly. For each value of the tun nel-da tum tunne l-datum ve lo c it y. Thi s c orr ection is du c to co n- ~I ach numb er, the prop eller th ru st coeff LC ient, power co - tri ct ion of flow produc ed by thc model al on e in the pre en ce efficient, and effic iency are plot ted against advance r at io.
Th e varia tion of tip Mac h nu mb er with ad va n ce ratio is al so of the t unn el wall. Th e veloci ty c orr ection re quir ed beca use the propeller is operating in tbe pr esence of th e t u nn el wall include d. A u sc 1 in th is repo rt, the tunnel-datum Ma ch i zero for the above condition. Consequently, th e chan ge numb er M is not c orr ected for the e ff ect of t unn el-wall in the ve lo ci ty c orr ection hown in figur 7 are du e entirely con st rain t. Th e free- st re am M ach number can b obtained to propeller operation in th e pr e encc of thc tunnel wa n . by applying the tunnel-wall co rr ection pre en ted in fi gure 7 The t unne l-datum Ma ch number ha not been corrected to the tunnel-da tum ~ 1a c h numb er. \ imilarly, the co rr ected for tunnel-wall con tra in t. I t an be shown that for the t ip :\1ach numb er can al 0 be obtained.
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COM PR E S IBII , ITY E FF ECTS Oompromise de ign involving increased diam eter favoring climb or ta ke-off may le ad to important c ompr e ibility Th e o-e n cral e ffe ct of c ompre s ibility on propeller p er- lo ss es a t high peed. The rapid decr ea e in e ffi ciency with forman ce shown by th e res ult s of Lh e N AOA 4- (3) (0 )- 0: 3 d ec rease of advan ce rat io and in cr ease of forward 11 ach ancl 4- (3) (0 )- 045 prop eller a rc sim il ar. Oonse qu e nLl y, number e mpha i ze th e importanc e of operat i on at proper th e e IT ects will be il lu tJ'aL ed by th e re s ult s for th e NAOA ,-alue of advan ce ratio when th e forward lla ch numb er i 4- (3 ) (0 )- 03 propeller.
high . Thu s, on e met b o 1 for delaying c ompr e ibility Critieal tip Maeh number. - Th e primar y consid e ra L ion in losse to high er forward p ec d is to r edu 'e th e tip 11a ch t h e op erat ion of pr opellPrs at high forward p ee d i th e Lip numb er by oper at ing at high valu es of ad v an ce ratio .
1ach num bers t ha t c an be r each ed before serious los e in Efficiency loss at supercritical speeds .- Th e e ffi cie ncy m aximum dFi cien cy arc enc ount ered. Th ese va lu es a rc loss a t sup ercritical L ip :'l ach numb ers is linea l' within th e inc li aLed by fi g ure 10 , ,, - hi ch hows t he variation of 1' el aLin p ee d ran ge inv es Li ga led a nd varie from approximat ely e ffi cien cy ,,-i th tip :'l ach mlllb er for everal blad e an gl e.
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Envelope efficiency.- Th e influen ce of compr es ibi li ty on prop eller pe rforman ce i fur ther illu trat ed in fi g ure 12 by c ompari on of tb e envelop e e ffi ciencie obtain ed a L various fOlwa rd 11a ch nwub e l' s. O urv e of approximately cons tant I .6 -- 36 44 48 52 5 6 60 t ip :'l ach numb er are al 0 hown in lh e s am e fi gure. eriou s Bl od e an gle, /l O. 75 R ' deq 10 es in e ffi ciency a pp eal' fir t at low ,-alu es of ad,-n nce FI Gl' RE 11. - EfT cC L of bl ade a ngle 0 11 criti ca l Lip !\f ac b n u mb er fo r N A A 4-(3)( OS ) -D3 raLi o for an y g inn fo rward ~1 a ch numb er. uch los e c an pr ope ll er.
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INVESTIGA ' fIO OF THE EFFECTS OF COMPRE SIBILI'l'Y AND SOLIDITY 0 PROPELLER PERFORM ANCE 27 t hat uch operation b e avoided. In designs for which it Lhey , how ever , are not com plet ely illu trative of the Lype may b e impo ibl to avoid operating at up er cr itical tip of c hang e occurring be cau e the effic iency i dependent upon Ma ch numbe r , th e va ri at i on of efficiency with blad e ang le the th ru st and power coefficien ls and upon th e advance emph a izes the n eed for sel ect ion of th prop er piL ch di - r aL i o. I t i conceivable that con iderable variat ion in L hl"u t tribut io n. and power coeffici ent at a g iv en value of the advance r atio Th e losse m e ffi cien cy due to co mpr essibility e ff ect ar e and blad e ang le can occur without affecLino- th e e ffi cien cy higher than those indicated by ome pr eviou r e e arch .
Lo any great degree. Th e variations of t hru st coefficient High tip p ee ds g n er ally arc e ncountered with hi gh- peed a nd power coe ffi i nt with forward :'. lach munber at con Lant aircraft and h ence at hi gh va lu es of th e advance ratio and valu es of adva nce ratio for a bl ad e angle of 45 arc hown in blad e ang l e. Mo st previou inv est i gatio n h ave be en mad e fig ur es 14 and 15 , resp ect iv ely. Such plot arc e quivalent o at low forward s pe ed and low blad e an le , and 10 e ba ed in a en e to plo t of airfoil lift coeffic i nt again L :'.Iach on pr eviou daLa therefore arc an exLra po)ation wh en applied number for constant angle of attack. :'.farked changes in to determine p rforman e at high value of advan ce ratio th e Lhrust and pow er coefficients oec Ul" and th e e c hange and blad e ano-le. Th e mo , t widely used method for appli- ar e, in genera l, imil ar Lo L h e var ia Lion of ail-foil lift co- caL i on of high-tip-speed data over wid range in bl ade efficien t with Nlaeh numb er except at the low est spe cls at ang le i given in reference 6 and 7. Thi s metbod con sist ,,- hi ch the t bru st and power coefficient appear to vary in ubsti t uting the e ffi cien cy determined by te t aL one omewhat i rr eg ularly. Thi irregular variat ion (L o be bl ad e ang le in the ex pr e ion for the efficiency derived from explained s ub equent ly ) is probably clue to a change in t he imp le blad e-elem e nt th eory an 1 eva lu at in g an effe ctive advance ratio for zero t hr ust and powel". If profile drag drag -lif t ratio of th e blad e. Thi drag -li ft r atio i th en . 10 s ubstitut ed back in L h e ame formu la and app lied Lo all va lu e of advance ratio. Th e 1'e ult obtain€d from thi
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REPORT 99 9--N ATIONAL ADYI ORY C OMMITTEE F OR AERO T AUTICS i neglec ted, th e thru st and power coe ffi cie nt s for ca n tan t parti cularly at low yalu e of the R ey nold n umb cr , th e advan ce ratio a nd blade angle could b e expected to yary s mall e[ eeL on pr ope ll er e ffi cien cy hown by fi g ure 10 i wi th l1a ch number as airfoil lift coeffici ent Yari e with to b e ex pected.
Ma ch Humber for a fix ed a ngle of attack. Th eoretically, Th e variation in th e advance ratio for zero tbn t and for an airfoil, this var i at ioll ill Ii ft coefficicn t is proportional pow er coefficient at lo w p ee ds i no t r ea di ly und er sto od.
Drag variation alone ca nnot aceou nt for the efr ect b ecause to 1 - )1.1 an d , [or th e propC'llcr wi th th e lhru SL and pO\n ~ r dra g-curve variation wou ld tend to hav e th e opposite e A" ects on t h ru t-codfi cient and power-codfi cie nt values.
both having a s imilar vari at ion , no C' tr ec t on t il e c!fi cie ll cy Variation of th e an o- ]e of zero lift of th e blade sections j i found. Th e eH ect of C0 111pre s ibilily on e ffi cien cy in th e indicated. Th e A' cct of co mpr e ibili ty on t.bl'Ust coeffi- ubcriti ca i range ( fig . 10) is f ayora ble; h ence, it i indi cate d cient is s hown in fi g ure 16 . It will be not ed, how ever , that that som e increa s in blade-sec Lion lif t -dr ag r at io mu 1, t h e variation in a dvan cc rat.io for z C' ro thrust and zero power occ ur as the sp eed i inerea cd up to th e cri L i ca l yaill e. As wbich occurs at low p eeds tend t.o di sa pp e ar a t. h e p eed ba ic a irfoil data hav e also hown a s li gh t in crea e in 1ifL - of the a ir s tr e am is increa cd. ThC' va riat.ion ma y be du e drag ratio with in cH'asc in p C'e c\ or R C'y nolds number , to some Reynold numbN ' e ffe ct. T he s hap e of the curve .22 indicate's that a co ns t. a nt valu e of t he zero-t.hru st a nd zero- power advance ratio i r each ed at R eynold s numb ers and I
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I NVE ' l'IGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF C OMPRESSIBILUY AND SOLIDITY ON PROPELLER PERFORM A CE 29 advance ratio for zero value of the tru:u t and powel'. The e c han ges ar e ent ire ly in accOl'dance with pr evious airfoil 1 .0 " , ~ daLa which h ave hown large d ee l' ea e in lift oeffici nt, b.
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c riti cal t ip Ma ch number i indi cat d in figur e 17 whi ch (b) fl O." R ~ 50 ° .
how the va riation of t h e re l at ive maximum e ffi cien cy (c) fl O . " R ~5 5 ° .
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with tip 1Ia ch numb er for evera l blad e ang l e. In creasing FI GU RE J7. - Effe ct of co mpressibility a nd so lidity on rela tiv e maximum e ffi ciency.
the bl ade olidity ha s a favo rabl e e ff ect on c riti cal peed, 2.0 an d , wit hin the range of tip sp eed inv e t iga ted, t h e losse I atta i ned "\ ith t h e wider blad e are a ppr c iably s mall er th an .-Ratio of blade solidities for t he narrower blad e. t the de ign blad e ang le (a pprox .
- r- 45 ), the wider blad e in cr ea ed t h e cri tiea l t ip Ma ch number by a pproxima tely 0.0 3. ma Il er in cr a e in crit i al tip t-- i--- ':-Iach number occ urr ed at othe r blad e ang le .
----- Th e favorab le e ff ect on cr iti cal tip speed produ ced by incl'ea ed blade widt h is probably due prin cip ally to t h e lower lift coe ffi cient of t he wid r blad e at iL s maximum e ffi ci ency . Th e ratio of th e thru t coe ffi cients at maximum effici ency for the two bl ade at t he de ign blade ang le i .4 .3 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1.0 I. I how n in figure 18. Ov er t h e ent ir e ran ge of t ip ':-f ach Tip Mach number , M / number, the ratio of the thr u t coeffici ents is appreciably F I GU RE I. - Co mp arison o( th e thru st coe ffL cie nts (or th e N ACA 4 -(3)( H )3 a nd lc t h an the rati o of blad e olidities. Thi s r at io , how ever , ACA 4- (3)(0 ) -04 5 prope ll ers at ma ximum e ffici ency; fl U' R, 45°.
i en itive to t he faiTing of the efficien cy C Ul" ve near the Envelope efficiency .- Envelope e ffi ciency C UT ves for both peak of the C UT ves; conse qu e ntly , the va lu es h own in figure 1 ar e to b e con idered in a qualita t i ve sen e only. prope llers are pr esented in fi g ur e 19 for eve ral va lu e of At t h e hi e- h est M ac h numb ers, t he maximum e ffi cienci es of forwa rd Mach num l er. Lin e co rr espond ing Lo th e Lip the t wo prop ellers occm· at approximate ly t h e arne va lu e Ma ch number of 0.9 and l.0 are also how n. At th e of th ru t coe ffi cien t. Th e w id er blad e conse qu ent ly reache lowe t forward M ac h number .1\1=0.23, th e tip M ach num - maximum e ffi ciency at lower value of bl ade - ection lift b 1' s are Ie s than th critical va lu e hown in fi gure 17; coe ffi cien t; h ence, high er critica l ':- iIach numb ers would th erefore, no com pr es ibility 10 se are enco unt ered in th e b e exp ected . peed range hown. Th e envelope curve are fiat ancllittle 30 REPORT 99 9-- r ATIONAL ADVI ORY C OMMITTEE FOR AERO N AU TI CS din'er ence occ ur s in e ffi cien cy for th e two blade designs, e ffi cienci es c an b e maintain ed to ea -l evel p eed of th e- Wi th in cr ease of forward speed, how ev er , th e tip ;"Iach order of 550 mil es per hOllr. Application of th e e data to- numb ers exceed th e c riti cal values first, a t th e low advan ce high- p eed-propeller prob l m ar e c urr e ntly b e in g t udi ed .
r a ti o, D C' reases in envelop e e ffi ciency occ ur th at ar c P ower disk loading and ma x imum efficiency.- A ct ual rea ter t han those for th e narrow er b l ad e. Important propeller e ffi ciencies ar c dete rmin ed by th e indu c ed los and decr em e nt in envelop e e ffi ciency app eal' to star t at a tip th e blad e sec Lion dra g 10 . In th e ide al case, th e indu ced M ach n umb er of approximately 0.9.
e ffi cien cy i a fun ction of th e power disk-loadin g coe ffi cien t.
A t hi gh forwa rd sp cd , appr eciably hi gh er efflci encie In th pra cti cal appli cat ion of prop eller , th e e ffi ci nci es arc ob ta in C' d wi th th e wid er bl ad e. For a forwa rd ;"Iach obtain ed ar c Ie than th e ideal e ffi ciency b y an a moun t numb er of 0.70, th e envelop e e ffi cien cy for th e wider blad e th at is dete rmin ed by th e blade- ec tion c har ac te ri tics and is from 7 to 10 p er cen t high er th an t hat for th e narr ower th e eli k -I oad dis tribution . Th e di k-load di t ribu tion for a blade .
prop eller o p e r a ~in g aw ay from it design conditio]) ma y Th e yalu e of e ffi cien cy obL a in ed a L high forward sp ee ds h ave a lar ge e ff ec t on e ffi cien cy . At maximum e tH ci ncy, ar c in ter estin g. A f orward ;"Iach numb er of 0.70 c orr e- how en ' )" , th e e ff ec ts of load-eli tribu tion v ari at ion ar e sponds to p ee ds of 463 Lo 532 mile per hour , dep ending on rela tively mall and th e elifi er ences b etween L h e i 1 al e ffi- th e al t itud e. Th ese da La indic at e th at e ffi cienci es some- ciency and Lh e maximum e ffi cien cy at a o- i ve n bl ade angle wh at gr ea ter L h an 90 p er ce nt c an b e obtain ed at these ar e due prin cipally to tb e blad e- sect ion ch a ra c.teri tics .
sp ee d pro v id ed th a t th e ad van ce ratio and solidi ty arc Compari on of Ihe m a ximum e ffi cien cy ob tain ed in th ese m ain ta in ed in p ec in c ran ge . As th ese pa rti c ular pro- tes ts with th e ideal ef fi cien cy for eve ral M ach numb er p ellers h ave hi g her blad e-sec tion thi c kne r at io s at lea t ov er th e ran ge of power loading inve tigat ed th er efore o ver th c Oll tc r pOl'lion of th e hl ad es than ma y be n ece ar y, illu trat e th e influ ence of ~h e blad e aerodyna mi c c ha racte r- i t a pp ears prob able tha t c urr entl y obta ined low- p ee d j Li cs on th e oy er-all propeller e ffi cien cy.
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(b) M =0.3 S. (e) . \[ =0.675 .
(e) M = O.53 . ( I) M = 0 .70.
FIGU RE 1 9. - E ff ccts of co mpr essibil ity and solidi ty 011 c l1\ 'elope e fll ciency.
I I VESTIG A TION OF THE EFFE C TS OF C OMPRE SIBILITY AND SOLIDI1 'Y 0 T PROPELLER PER F ORMA NC E cienci es obtain ed over th e e ntir e speed rang are prob ably Fi gure 20 how th e m axIDllll1 e ffi ciencie for bo th pro- p eller s, as det ermined from tm inv e tigation , plott ed as close to th e maximum now ob tainabl .
Th e variation in effi cien cy d ue to c ompr es ibility d Ie t i lll tions of th e power disk-loading coe ffi cien t Pc for sev e ral i ho,\7n by c ompari on of th e da ta for the val'iou ~Ia c h v alue of forward ~Ia c h numb er. Th e id al e ffi cien cy numb e r. Th e pI' dominant c har acte ri sti c d ifr e l' en ce i g iv en by th e axial- mom e ntum th e ory is also hown in figur e th e harp d eCl 'ea. e in e ffi ciency with power loading tha t 20 . A t ve ry low valu e of P c, th e m eas ur ed propeller occ ur a t th e higb er sp ee ds. Th e ran ge of power di k- e ffi cien cie how a s harp decr ea e b ec au se of th e blad e dra g.
loading coe ffi cien t over which hi gh e ffi ci ncie c an be ob- Ex ce pt for extremely low valu of Pc, tb e gene ral tr end of taio ed d cr a es mark edly at very 11 igh :\ l ach numb er .
m ea ur ed e ffi ciency hould follow th e th e Ol' eti al tr e nd .
A at low I ee ds a nd high power di k-lo ad in O' coe ffi cie nt , I t i appar e nt also t hat th e wider blad e gen erally ha hi gh er th wid l' blad e how the high er e ffi ciency. Th e r a nge, e ffi cien cy, parti cularly as Pc increa e .
however, of power eli k-loacling coe ffi cie nt covered i too t low pe ds, th e diff er en be tw ee n th e id eal and a ct ual mall to permi t a gene ral conelu ion . Thi l= h a e of the e ffi ienci es obtain ed i of th e order of 5 to per ce nt , de- p e nd e nt upon th e power loading. Over a par t of th e ran g, problem is being in ves tiga ted fur ther.
From consid ration of pr opeller d es ign, probabl y th e it i probabl e tha t a small part of thi differ nce may be mo t signific ant conclusion indica tcd by the r ul t pr e- · du e to th e exi tenc of nonop t imum load di tribuLion.
en ted infi g ul' e 20 is the lar ge deCt'ease in ran g of power ' Th e ,,-hole difIer ence is mall and th e fa ct tha t a par t of loading for high e ffi cicncie tha t occur with in cr ca e of thi differ en e could b e du e to bla Ie-load dis tribution p ee d. For high-sp ee d airplanes, th e prop eller d es ign indi ca te that th e propeller clo e ly approximat e op t imum ae ro dy nami c de ign. B ecause th e ec tions employed ar e b ec ome mu ch mor c critical. Wi th h igh e ffi ciency occurring only for a small ran ge of power eli k-loa clin g coe ffi cie nt , th e th e N A 16 e ri c , which h av e th e highe t c ri tical sp ee d choice of diam e ter , ge ar ra t io , an d oliditi es 10 ir e el i ()f all prop eller ec tion now availabl e, th e m aximum e ffi-
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F IGU RE 2O .- Effect of power loading on maximum efficiency .
R EPORT 999-- NATIONAL ADYISORY OMMITTEE FOR A ERO AU TI CS s(' ver e ly limit ed and it \\ 'ill likely prove neces ary to design rang e and th e advantaO'e possible Lhrough in crea ed olidity propellors for high-sp eed airc raft to s uit parti c ul a rly each ar e und erestimatecl by th e u ua l propeller data at low for- individual applic ation .
ward peed.
O pera ti on at constant power coefficien t.- As dire ctly ap- CONCLUS IO S plied to ai rc raft , it i important to know th e e ffe ct of R es ulL s of inve LiO'ation of two-blad e propellers ha\ -ing d es i O' n han ges and p ee d increases in re la ion to th e power .NACA 4- (3)(08)- 03 and NACA 4- (3)( 0 )- 045 blad e de- coe ffi cien L. In many applications of ope ra tion at con tan t igns in th e L a ngley -foot high- peed tunn el through a R p ee d and h ence at ub ta ntially con tan t power coe ffi cie nL , ran ge of blacl e angle from 20 ° to 60 ° for forward Mach lar ge ga ins in climb e ffi ciency may be obtained by in creas in O' numb er from 0.165 to 0.725 how th e following eff ects of th e prope ll er olidity . Thi s e ff ec t is illu st ra ted in figure 21 c ompr e ibility and olidity on propeller perfOlman ce: whi ch hows th e variation in e ffi ciency with advan ce ratio l. e rioLl s 10 e in propeller e ffi ciency O CC UlT d at tip for a con t ant valu e of power coc ffi cient. At this value of Mach number in exce of 0. 9l.
power odIicie nt , low- peed data wou ld thu indic at e th at 2. Th e effe ct of compressibility 10 e on maximum e ffi- th e principal advantag e of the wider blad e o cc ur on ly at ciency wa s dep e nd e nt upon th e blad e angl e and vari ed in low valu es of a dvan ce ratio . In th i re pect, th ese re ult ma g nitud e from approximately 9 to 22 perce nt p er 0.1 ar e in agr ee m en t wi th other low-speed te t data. Und er increa e in tip ~Il1 c h numb er above the c riLi cal valu e.
a ct ual ope ra ting condi tions, howcver, the hi gh er advan ce 3. Th e rang e of peak effi ciency , as bown by the e nv elope- rat io ,, 'o ul d be ob ta ined a t hi O' her forward p ee ds. Th e effi ciency curve , d ee r ea ed mark edly wi th in crease of re lil ts pr esen ted in fi gure 21 (b) ra th er t han in fi gure 21 (a) forward p ee el .
ar e therefore appli cabl e to opera tion at high ad v an ce ratio .
. 4. Compr es ibility lo s e could be delay ed to ucce ively Th ese r es ul ts show sig nifi c antl y high cr e ffi ciency for th e 11l gh er forward ~ I ac h numb er by de CI 'e asing th e tip M ach wid er blade. Th e cho se n valu e of C p = 0.15 corre pond to n umbel' through operation at increasing valu es of blad e an gle.
maximum e ffi ciency at a mod erately hi gh blad e an O' le . Th e 5. Th e general fo rm of th e change in LhrLlst and power dat a pr e en ted in fi gure 21 (a) ar e for a forward Ma ch num- coefficie l1L s was similar 1,0 th e change in airfoil l ift coe ffi cien t ber in LJl e climbing rang e and ian O' ure 21 (b) for a forward with c han ges of Ma ch number.
Mudt numb er in th e hi gh- p ee d r an ge . At low advan ce 6. Lo es in propeller e ffi ciency du e to c ompr e ibili ty rati o, wh ic h would be th e op e ra tin O' condit ion a t th e lower e ff ec t d ecrea cd with increase of blad e width .
sp ee d (climb), higher e ffi ciency is obtain ed wi th th e wid er 7. An inc rea e of blad e olidi ty from 0.03 to 0.045 pe r- blad e. At this same forward peed bu t at hi gh ad \T un ce mitt ed an in c l' ea e in cri tical tip Ma ch numb r of 0.0 3.
ra ti o, th e e ffi cienci es ar e th e S ilm e for b ot h prop eller . TI lC . Th e ran ge of power di k loading for high e ffi ciency ga io ob tained through appli c aLion of blad e of incroa cd d ec rea ed with increase of forward sp ee d a a con e qu ence solid ity thus a pp e ar Lo e xi st over th e e ntir e norm al operatin g of compl'O ibiliLy e ff ec L s. This d ecrea e in rang e of high 1 .0 e ffi ciency indic ated that propeller de ign s for high -speed
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airc raf t may be cri t ical and that it wi ll likely prov e n ecess ary - 1- - ~ --- ~ to d es ign propellers to fi t p ec ifi c application .
.8 / ---1 9. At cons tant power coefficien t, an increa e of solidi ty >:- improved th e e ffi ciency for climb and hig h- peed condition ~.6 I I:: --1 .9:' L ANGLEY ~I E MORI A J J A ER ON AU TI CAL L A BOH AT OR Y, ,l;! .4 JAT IO KA L ADVI S ORY COMMI'l'T EE FOR A E RO NAU' l'I C ' , l.u - - NACA 4-(3)(08/ - 045 L AKG L EY FI E LD , V A . , Ja nu ary 22, 1 944 .
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I I I 4. \Tenzinger, Carl J. : \\Ti nd -Tu nnel I nvest i gation of eve ra l F acto rs I I A ff ect ing t he P erfor manc e of a Hi gh- p eed Pur s u it Airp l ane wi th
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Air- Cooled R ad ia l Eng ine. N ACA ACR , T ov. 194 1.
I I I 5. Fage , A ., Lock , C. N. Fl ., Batema n, H ., an d William , D . H .: Ex - I I I ~ I pe rim ent s wi t h a Fa mil y of Airscrews I ncludi ng E ff ect of Tr acto r .2 I I I and Pu he r Bodi e. P a r t II - E xpe ri ment on Ail' crews wi th (b) Tr acto r a nd Pu sher Bod ies. R. & M. No . 3 0, Br it ish A.R. C., I I 1922 .
o I.'::> 4.8 16 2.0 2.4 28 3.2 36 4.0 4.4 6. V i! ood, D ona ld H .: lcull- ca le T es t of Me ta l Propellers a t Hig h Advance ratio, J T ip 'pee d. -AC A R ep. 37 5, 193 1.
(a) ,1( =0.23.
7. Weick, F red E.: ir cra ft Pr ope ll er D esign. i\ I cG ra w-H i ll Book ( b) ~ I [ = 0.60.
FIGU RE 21. - Cornl>arison of cOicicncy at co nstan t power c~c fli cic n l: Cp , 0. 15. Co., I nc. , 1930.
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pn 5. NUMERICAL RELATIONS 1 hp=76.04 kg-m/s=550 ft-lb/sec 1 Ib=0.4536 kg 1 metri c horsepo\\·er=O.98G3 hp 1 kg=2.2046 lb 1 mph=0.4470 mps 1 mi=1,609.35 m=5,280 ft 1 mps=2.2369 mph 1 m=3.2808 it