Propelled forward - EDA project on low-noise naval propeller development finalised
Designing modern naval propellers involves various considerations such as efficiency, weight, durability, cost, and detectability. Testing these propellers through experiments, using either scale models or full-size prototypes, is crucial but can be expensive and time-consuming.
Fortunately, advancements in high-performance computing have increased the importance and feasibility of numerical simulations and modelling.
The final meeting of the EDA project “Next Generation of Propellers” (NextProp) took place in Brussels this month. NextProp, a cross-domain activity involving EDA’s CapTechs “Naval Systems” and “Materials & Structures”, successfully developed models and tools for the design of low-noise naval propellers.
With a budget of 4 million Euros, NextProp was cooperatively funded by #Italy, #Norway, and #Poland. Eight partner entities from these three countries implemented the project over the past three years. With FFI (coordinator), FiReCo, Light Structures, SINTEF Ocean, CNR-INM, CETENA, Politecnico di Milano, Polish Naval Academy.
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