How Propellers Work: A Wing That Turns
In short: An aircraft propeller acts as a rotating wing that turns engine power into thrust, while a ship's propeller works in water, where cavitation bubbles can collapse and erode its blades.
A 1:59 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), OpenVSP reference documentation, “OpenVSP Propellers - NASA”; NASA Glenn Research Center, “Propellers | Glenn Research Center | NASA”; United States Naval Academy, Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (EN457 course page), “EN457: Hydrofoil & Propeller Design”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Naval architecture - Propulsion, Hydrodynamics, Design | Britannica”; NASA Glenn Research Center, “Propeller Thrust | Glenn Research Center | NASA”; NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division, NASA Ames Research Center, “Papers and Reports”.
Sources used in this film
- NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), OpenVSP reference documentation — OpenVSP Propellers - NASA · View →
- NASA Glenn Research Center — Propellers | Glenn Research Center | NASA · View →
- United States Naval Academy, Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (EN457 course page) — EN457: Hydrofoil & Propeller Design · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Naval architecture - Propulsion, Hydrodynamics, Design | Britannica · View →
- NASA Glenn Research Center — Propeller Thrust | Glenn Research Center | NASA · View →
- NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division, NASA Ames Research Center — Papers and Reports · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), OpenVSP reference documentation: OpenVSP Propellers - NASA
- Also: NASA Glenn Research Center: Propellers | Glenn Research Center | NASA
- Also: United States Naval Academy, Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (EN457 course page): EN457: Hydrofoil & Propeller Design
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Naval architecture - Propulsion, Hydrodynamics, Design | Britannica
- Also: NASA Glenn Research Center: Propeller Thrust | Glenn Research Center | NASA
- Also: NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division, NASA Ames Research Center: Papers and Reports
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