Contra-rotating Propellers

Contra-Rotating Propellers is a propeller configuration in which two coaxial propellers rotate in opposite directions to enhance propulsion efficiency by recovering rotational energy from the upstream propeller's slipstream and reducing hub vortex losses.

Publications

1.4K

Citations

148

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Propeller DesignPropeller HydrodynamicsPropeller InteractionPropulsion EfficiencyPropulsion Systems

Publications

Exact actuator disk solutions for non-uniform heavy loading and slipstream contraction

John T. Conway · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1998 · 100 citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +15

Experimental and analytical investigation of contra-rotating multi-rotor UAV propeller noise

Ryan S. McKay, Michael J. Kingan, Sung Tyaek Go et al. · Applied Acoustics · 2021 · 75 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +14

Installation Effects on Contra-Rotating Open Rotor Noise

Julien Ricouard, Emmanuel Julliard, Magdi Omais et al. · 2010 · 74 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Acoustics +14

Performance evaluation of a novel vertical axis wind turbine with coaxial contra-rotating concept

Djamal Hissein Didane, Nurhayati Rosly, Mohd Fadhli Zulkafli et al. · Renewable Energy · 2017 · 71 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +14

Unsteady CFD Simulations of Contra-Rotating Propeller Propulsion Systems

Arne Stuermer · 2008 · 59 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +17

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Authors

148

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Michael J. Kingan
University of Auckland, New Zealand
6 publications · 225 citations
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Anthony B. Parry
Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom), United Kingdom
6 publications · 224 citations
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Arne Stuermer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Germany
2 publications · 78 citations
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DG
D. Grassi
National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy
2 publications · 34 citations
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BB
Boris Bataille
Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), France
2 publications · 36 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
4 publications · 171 citations
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International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
JNAOE · 3 publications · 87 citations
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Ocean Engineering
3 publications · 101 citations
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Polish Maritime Research
2 publications · 32 citations
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The Aeronautical Journal
2 publications · 36 citations
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