An experimental study of a non-series marine propeller has
been conducted to figure out the propeller open water
performance. Geometrical parameters of the non-series
marine propeller have been measured. The thrust and torque
have been measure of the studied propeller for different
operating conditions in a water channel facility. A direct
comparison of the experimental results with a theoretical one
of the same propeller parameters has been carried out for a
Wageningen B-series propeller. Due to the working Reynolds
number for the studied propeller is 2×105
and below the
theoretical empirical equations working Reynolds number of
2×106 or above, a correction factor could be introduced to
adapt the theoretical empirical equations to the studied range
of Reynolds number.