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Propeller Design
Book · July 2024
DOI: 10.2514/4.107146
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Propeller Design
Propellers have gained popularity in recent decades as part of UAVs, multi-blade drones, and VTOL air
taxis. However, modern books dealing with propellers are scarce. Most of the rotating wing literature
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concentrates on helicopters. Other books dedicate specialized chapters to propellers, in most cases as part
of general aerodynamic or performance texts. Propeller Design by Ohad Gur therefore fulfills a gap in
modern literature amidst increased interest in the topic.
This book sums up three decades of the author’s experience with propeller analysis and design. As such,
special care is given to the suitability of the analysis as part of a synergetic design framework.
The book starts with the general history of propeller evolution (chapter 1) and a view of the propeller
design problem, which contains the fundamental vocabulary of propeller theory (chapter 2). Chapter 3
discusses propeller geometry and the parametric representation of its geometric properties.
The aerodynamics of the propeller are reviewed thoroughly in chapters 4 through 7. Chapter 4 describes
the basic blade-element model, BEM, used extensively throughout this book in various combinations.
Chapter 5 describes three momentum theory models – axial, general, and simplified. Chapter 6 combines
the BEM and momentum theory into blade-element/momentum theory, which is probably the most
useful aerodynamic theory for propeller analysis. Finally, in Chapter 7, additional induced velocity
theories are depicted, including vortex theory and lifting line model with three separate wake models.
Propeller Design
Chapter 8 describes the three standard engines used to power propellers: reciprocating, turbo-prop, and
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electric. Chapter 9 explains the propeller effect on the air vehicle on which it is installed. Chapters 10 and
11 deal with the acoustic and structure analysis of propellers. Chapter 12 closes the theoretical part of the
book with a discussion of the propeller design process. It presents two significant methods: Betz’s based
method and multidisciplinary design optimization, MDO. These are later demonstrated in four different
design cases in chapter 13.
Although the book is aimed at engineers who strive to design propellers, it also benefits those who want
to deepen their knowledge of propeller theory and design considerations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
OHAD GUR is an aerospace engineer who has specialized in propeller analysis
and design. He teaches several courses on rotating wings, flight mechanics, and
optimization in the Mechanical Engineering department of Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev in Israel.
He is an IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) employee. Before that, he was a Virginia
Tech faculty member as a Postdoctoral researcher, a researcher at the Technion—Israel
Institute of Technology, an Aerospace engineer at BVR Systems, and an aerospace engineer in the IAF
(Israeli Air Force). During his career, he designed and analyzed numerous propellers and rotating wings
of various air vehicles.
Ohad received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the Aerospace Engineering Faculty at The Technion –
Israel Institute of Technology.
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