College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor
Dianne Deturris, College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Department
Funding Source
California Polytechnic State University College of Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Department
Date
10-2025
Abstract/Summary
This research focuses on creating an experiment to measure performance of an aircraft propeller on a specially designed stand. Results from the wind tunnel experiments measuring thrust, rotation speed and torque will enable students to create a database of propeller characteristics for use in aircraft design projects. Students in aerospace engineering are regularly assigned design projects powered by turboprop or propeller driven engines. There is not an easy way to verify design performance other than simplistic calculations or extrapolation of open-source wind tunnel data, and not a lot of data is available. Being able to correlate actual test data from different propeller sections will be a great help in verifying the design predictions. A paper will be completed with a goal of documenting and publishing test results at an AIAA conference for use as an unclassified propeller performance database.
October 1, 2025.
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URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/ceng_surp/115