Propeller aerodynamics
Aerial propellers

The different methods are compared in the table 1.

Depending on the type of result required (which depends on the level of progress of an industrial propeller development project), several calculation methods will be used in succession:

• In the early stages of the project, simple, rapid methods are used to determine the propeller's overall performance and to select its geometry (singularity method);

• in the advanced design phase, more complex methods are used to characterize in detail the behavior of the chosen propeller in its environment (Euler or Navier/Stokes).

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