Propeller sheet cavitation noise source modeling and inversion

Propeller sheet cavitation is the main contributor to high level of noise and vibration in the after body of a ship. Full measurement of the cavitation-induced hull pressure over the entire surface of the affected area is desired but not practical. Therefore, using a few measurements on the outer hu...

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Published in:Journal of sound and vibration 2014-02, Vol.333 (5), p.1356-1368
Main Authors: Lee, Keunhwa, Lee, Jaehyuk, Kim, Dongho, Kim, Kyungseop, Seong, Woojae
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cavitation
Hulls
Hulls (structures)
Inversions
Mathematical models
Noise
Propellers
Tunnels (transportation)
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Summary:Propeller sheet cavitation is the main contributor to high level of noise and vibration in the after body of a ship. Full measurement of the cavitation-induced hull pressure over the entire surface of the affected area is desired but not practical. Therefore, using a few measurements on the outer hull above the propeller in a cavitation tunnel, empirical or semi-empirical techniques based on physical model have been used to predict the hull-induced pressure (or hull-induced force). In this paper, with the analytic source model for sheet cavitation, a multi-parameter inversion scheme to find the positions of noise sources and their strengths is suggested. The inversion is posed as a nonlinear optimization problem, which is solved by the optimization algorithm based on the adaptive simplex simulated annealing algorithm. Then, the resulting hull pressure can be modeled with boundary element method from the inverted cavitation noise sources. The suggested approach is applied to the hull pressure data measured in a cavitation tunnel of the Samsung Heavy Industry. Two monopole sources are adequate to model the propeller sheet cavitation noise. The inverted source information is reasonable with the cavitation dynamics of the propeller and the modeled hull pressure shows good agreement with cavitation tunnel experimental data.
ISSN:0022-460X
1095-8568
DOI:10.1016/j.jsv.2013.11.002