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Design of Propeller by Flow Visualization Analysis using MATLAB Simulink
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A propeller is a special type of fan that creates thrust force from circular rotational movement of its blades. The design of the blades is based on the principles of an air foil and their continuous rotation creates a pressure difference in forward and rear surfaces that forces the fluid to move rapidly, thus helping in linear movement of the propeller and anything attached to it. Designing a propeller requires close study of the fluid flow and various parameters relating the fluid dynamics. Flow visualization is important for the design of effective and efficient propellers and modern flow visualization can be done using sophisticated and high level computer processing techniques. One of the common software used for flow visualization is MATLAB. There is research being done in order to code a MATLAB toolbox that can make the design of propellers easier and the calculation far more simple with limited amount of experimentation to be done in order to get optimum efficiency. Flow Visualization using MATLAB A MATLAB toolbox is already available that attempts to perform flow visualization with minimum amount of experimentation. This is a MATLAB toolbox that attempts to visualize flow of fluid using the MATLAB software. As this can allow flow visualization, it can also be edited and further coded to help in propeller design. Applying this technique would allow us to find an optimum point where the propeller would give us the required amount of forward thrust at the expense of power dissipated, depending upon the the parameters of the fluid and the material used in the propeller design. 
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