The related staffs: Prof. Dr. Uğur Oral Ünal, Prof. Dr. Emin Korkut, Arş. Gör. Selahattin Özsayan, Arş. Gör. Mehmet Delikan, Arş. Gör. Tunahan Şık
The Summary of The Study
This project aimed to evaluate the open water performance of propellers designed for the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), to identify cavitation patterns on the propeller, rudder, and brackets at various speeds through behind-hull cavitation tests, to determine the cavitation inception speed, to measure underwater propeller noise, and to assess the pressure induced by the propeller on the hull. Based on the evaluation of the test results, it was observed that the developed propeller designs and hull form successfully met the performance expectations. In this context, model tests for the OPV project, a national defense industry initiative, were successfully conducted at the ITU Cavitation Tunnel (ITUKAT).
