[Naveen Kumar Gulla]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to simulate the propeller blade in fluent using MRF. Basically, I'm trying to get a similar result with the experimental data, to get the thrust and torque. However, the torque that I'm getting is a way too much different than the experimental value. I'm not sure what could have gone wrong.

I'll start with explaining the method that I'm using. After some search and reading in the forum, I found that to study a propeller blade, it needs to be segregated into three different sections, the front zone for translation velocity, a rotating zone that contains the propeller blade, and the downstream outlet section. I'm using k-eps model.
The figure below shows the setup that I'm currently using for my analysis, Kindly please advice me if there is anything wrong.