Cavitation Tunnel

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For more than 40 years Icepronav has provided reliable

hydrodynamic test and research services of world

class standard.

A member of the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC)

since 1996, Icepronav is now part of International Contract

Engineering (ICE), one of Europe's largest independent naval

architecture and engineering consultancies, headquartered

in the Isle of Man.

HYDRODYNAMIC TEST FACILITIES

Icepronav SA - 19 A Portului Street - 800025 - Galati - Romania - Web: www.icedesign.info

Tele hone: +40- 0 -236-415-965 - Fax: fax +40- 0 -236-417-836 - E-Mail: ice ronav ice ronav.ro 1

For propeller tests and the study of forces on rudders, fins and submerged bodies, ICE meets its clients needs

with the Cavitation Tunnel. We have more than 400 documented stock propellers available.

Description of Facility:

vertical plane, closed re-circulation,

4 interchangeable working sections.

Type of Drive System:

4-bladed axial flow impeller with Ward Leonard control.

Max. / Min. Abs. Pressures: 200 kpa; 6kpa.

Motor Power and Rpm: 110 kW, 1500 rpm.

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No. 2 Propeller

Dynamometer

Working section 850 mm x 850 mm

with free surface

Working section 600 mm x 600 mm Working section 850 mm x 850 mm

Working section 1450 mm x 700 mm

No. 1 Propeller

Dynamometer

No. 3 Propeller

Dynamometer

Specifications:

Tunnel Type:Vertical Plane, Closed Recirculation; 4 interchangeableworking sections

Test Sections Dimensions : Section no. 1: 600 mm x 600 mm

Section no. 2: 850 mm x 850 mm

Section no. 3: 850 mm x 850 mm with free surface

Section no. 4: 1450 mm x 700 mm

Max. Water Velocity (TestSections):

Section no. 1: 12 m/s

Section no. 2: 6.5 m/s



Max. Propeller diameter: 200 350 mm

Model length: up to 5 m

Max/min cavitation number: 170/0.2

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT ENGINEERING - HYDRODYNAMIC TEST FACILITIES


Tele hone: +40- 0 -236-415-965 - Fax: +40- 0 -236-417-836 - E-Mail: ice ronav ice ronav.ro2

Instrumentation: three watertight strain gauge propeller dynamometers; 6 - component strain

gauge balance; wake measurement system with 5-hole Pitot tubes; bearing forces

dynamometer; Van Slykes apparatus; strobe lamps; equipment for propeller

induced pressure measurements (Hottinger Pressure transducers);

photographic and video digital equipment; data acquisition system .


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Propeller Tests in Uniform and Non-uniform Flows (fixed and controllable pitch propellers,ducted propellers, contra-rotating propellers, overlapping and interlocking propellers,

high speed propellers, etc.)

Measurement of Propeller Loads in Obstructed Flows

Determination of Cavitation Effects on Propeller Performance

Cavitation Inception and Assessment of Cavitation Erosion

Propeller induced pressures

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Cavitation tests

Ducted propeller tests

Axial and transversal wake chart

Propeller blade geometry

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT ENGINEERING - HYDRODYNAMIC TEST FACILITIES


Tele hone: +40- 0 -236-415-965 - Fax: +40- 0 -236-417-836 - E-Mail: ice ronav ice ronav.ro

Tests performed:

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