Air propellers in so far as the profile of their blades is concerned

Claim 2

A propeller blade having a profile whose relative thickness is comprised between 3% and 25%, whose extrados has a convex shape between the leading edge and the trailing edge and whose intrados has a shape first of all convex on leaving the leading edge then concave on arriving at the trailing edge, characterized by the following values of the curvatures on the extrados: the curvature, maximum at the leading edge, decreases first of all rapidly to reach a value of about 4 at about 4% of the length of the chord and then decreases regularly to reach a substantially zero value at the trailing edge; and by the following values of the curvatures on the intrados the curvature, maximum at the leading edge, decreases first of all rapidly to reach a value of about 8 to about 3.5% of the length of the chord, then decreases less rapidly to reach a zero value at a point situated between 10% and 60% of the length of the chord, further decreases to a slightly negative value, and then remains practically constant as far as the trailing edge.

Claim 3

A propeller according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that on each side of the point at 4% of the length of the chord, over a relative distance of 2% on each side of this point, the curvature of the extrados evolves very slightly.

Claim 4

A propeller according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that on each side of the point at 3.5% of the length of the chord, over a relative distance of 2% on each side of this point, the curvature of the intrados evolves very slightly.

Claim 5

A propeller according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that on each side of the point of the chord where the curvature of the intrados is zero, over a relative distance of 2% on each side of this point, the curvature of the intrados evolves very slightly.

Claim 6

A propeller according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the curvature C max at the leading edge is given by the formula: C.sub.max =a.sub.1 (e/l)+a.sub.2 (e/l).sup.2 +a.sub.3 (e/l).sup.3 +a.sub.4 (e/l).sup.4 e being the thickness of the profile, l being the chord of the profile, a 1 being a coefficient equal to +2×10 3 , a 2 being a coefficient equal to -4.576×10 4 , a 3 being a coefficient equal to +3.5×10 5 , a 4 being a coefficient equal to -8.5×10 6 .

Claim 7

A propeller according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the point of the chord where the curvature of the intrados is zero has an abscissa X, reduced to the chord A, given by the formula: (x/l)=2(e/l)+0.08 e being the thickness of the profile, l being the chord of the profile.

Claim 8

Profile according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the mean line of the profile is represented by the formula: (y/l)=a.sub.0 (x/l).sup.1/2 +a.sub.1 (x/l)+a.sub.2 (x/l).sup.2 +a.sub.3 (x/l).sup.3 +a.sub.4 (x/l).sup.4 +a.sub.5 (x/l).sup.5 in which the coefficients a.sub.0 =3.2056(e/l)-110(e/l).sup.2 +1018.7(e/l).sup.3 -2751.7(e/l).sup.4 a.sub.1 =-11.537(e/l)+500.8(e/l).sup.2 -4851.6(e/l).sup.3 +13,309(e/l).sup.4 a.sub.2 =1.236(e/l)-242.27(e/l).sup.2 +2803(e/l).sup.3 -8315.2(e/l).sup.4 a.sub.3 =38.5(e/l)-1154.8(e/l).sup.2 +9988.3(e/l).sup.3 -25693(e/l).sup.4 a.sub.4 =-47.99(e/l)+1547.7(e/l).sup.2 -13768(e/l).sup.3 +35,952(e/l).sup.4 a.sub.5 =16.546(e/l)-540.04(e/l).sup.2 +4797.5(e/l).sup.3 -12,467(e/l).sup.4 and by the fact that the law of thickness is represented by the formula: (y/l)=b.sub.0 (x/l).sup.1/2 +b.sub.1 (x/l)+b.sub.2 (x/l).sup.2 +b.sub.3 (x/l).sup.3 +b.sub.4 (x/l).sup.4 +b.sub.5 (x/l).sup.5 in which the coefficients: b.sub.0 =3.476(e/l)-59.16(e/l).sup.2 +512.13(e/l).sup.3 -1320.4(e/l).sup.4 b.sub.1 --12.34(e/l)+358.32(e/l).sup.2 -3097.1(e/l).sup.3 +8017.9(e/l).sup.4 b.sub.2 =48.71(e/l)-1540.2(e/l).sup.2 +13,202(e/l).sup.3 -34,016(e/l).sup.4 b.sub.3 =-101.88(e/l)+3087.6(e/l).sup.2 -26,339(e/l).sup.3 +67,587(e/l).sup.4 b.sub.4 =93,159(e/l)-2744.7(e/l).sup.2 +23,268(e/l).sup.3 -59,364(e/l).sup.4 b.sub.5 =-30.96(e/l)+896.5(e/l).sup.2 -7539.8(e/l).sup.3 +19,093(e/l).sup.4.

Claim 9

A propeller according to claim 1, having a relative thickness of 4%, characterized by the fact that it is determined by the coefficients x/l and y/l for the intrados and the extrados given below: ______________________________________ HOR 04 INTRADOS EXTRADOS x/l y/l x/l y/l ______________________________________ 1.00000 -.00100 .00460 .00025 .98000 -.00020 .00600 .00354 .96000 .00060 .00800 .00540 .94000 .00130 .01000 .00680 .92000 .00200 .01200 .00800 .90000 .00270 .01400 .00897 .87000 .00330 .01700 .01018 .84000 .00370 .02000 .01122 .81000 .00400 .02453 .01253 .78000 .00410 .02958 .01374 .75000 .00410 .03465 .01480 .72000 .00400 .03973 .01574 .69000 .00370 .04480 .01661 .66000 .00330 .04988 .01744 .63000 .00280 .05495 .01822 .60000 .00220 .06511 .01965 .57000 .00150 .07528 .02097 .54000 .00080 .08544 .02220 .51000 -.00010 .09560 .02335 .48000 -.00100 .10577 .02443 .45000 -.00190 .11594 .02546 .42000 -.00280 .12611 .02642 .39000 -.00350 .13628 .02730 .36000 -.00410 .14645 .02810 .33000 -.00480 .15662 .02885 .30000 -.00530 .16680 .02956 .28000 -.00580 .17697 .03023 .26000 -.00590 .18714 .03085 .24000 -.00600 .19732 .03142 .22000 -.00610 .20750 .03194 .20000 -.00620 .23294 .03305 .18000 -.00630 .25838 .03390 .16000 -.00650 .28382 .03459 .14000 -.00660 .30926 .03520 .12000 -.00680 .33469 .03567 .10000 -.00690 .36012 .03602 .08000 -.00690 .38581 .03630 .06000 -.00680 .41145 .03586 .05000 -.00678 .43670 .03548 .04500 -.00680 .46217 .03509 .04000 -.00683 .48767 .03444 .03500 -.00684 .51312 .03360 .03000 -.00678 .53854 .03261 .02500 -.00664 .56392 .03152 .02000 -.00644 .58930 .03037 .01600 -.00613 .62000 .02950 .01297 -.00570 .65000 .02830 .01000 -.00497 .68000 .02680 .00800 -.00432 .71000 .02540 .00600 -.00292 .74000 .02380 .77000 .02210 .80000 .02040 .83000 .01870 .86000 .01690 .89000 .01500 .92000 .01310 .94000 .01170 .96000 .01030 .98000 .00890 1.00000 .00800 ______________________________________

Claim 10

A propeller according to claim 1, having a relative thickness of 7%, characterized by the fact that it is determined by the coefficients x/l and y/l for the intrados and extrados given below: ______________________________________ HOR 07 INTRADOS EXTRADOS x/l y/l x/l y/l ______________________________________ 1.00000 .00020 .00704 -.00026 .99500 .00060 .01074 .00837 .99000 .00091 .01594 .01394 .98000 .00160 .02107 .01746 .96000 .00280 .02821 .02141 .94000 .00410 .03330 .02390 .92000 .00520 .03889 .02648 .90000 .00670 .04244 .02795 .87000 .00840 .04820 .03025 .85000 .00960 .05300 .03210 .83000 .01080 .06300 .03564 .80000 .01240 .07300 .03895 .76000 .01430 .08097 .04147 .73000 .01570 .09099 .04459 .70000 .01680 .10108 .04755 .66000 .01810 .11123 .05035 .63000 .01870 .12142 .05299 .60000 .01900 .13164 .05548 .56000 .01910 .14190 .05782 .53000 .01900 .15220 .06002 .50000 .01860 .16249 .06206 .46000 .01750 .17277 .06398 .43000 .01640 .18307 .06577 .40000 .01510 .19337 .06744 .38000 .01390 .20368 .06900 .36000 .01280 .22963 .07241 .34000 .01110 .25000 .07440 .32000 .00960 .30000 .07720 .30000 .00780 .35000 .07820 .26236 .00437 .40000 .07740 .23761 .00180 .45000 .07530 .21277 -.00097 .50000 .07210 .20277 -.00211 .55000 .06750 .19276 -.00324 .60000 .06200 .18274 -.00435 .65000 .05580 .17270 -.00545 .70000 .04900 .16268 -.00654 .75000 .04240 .15266 -.00762 .80000 .03590 .14261 -.00868 .85000 .02920 .13252 -.00973 .90000 .02290 .12239 -.01075 .92000 .02020 .11200 -.01150 .95000 .01630 .10200 -.01240 .97000 .01370 .09200 -.01315 .99000 .01120 .08100 -.01362 1.00000 .00995 .07200 -.01380 .06000 -.01380 .05000 -.01360 .04000 -.01310 .03500 -.01279 .03000 -.01225 .02500 -.01154 .02000 -.01054 .01514 -.00905 .01022 -.00657 ______________________________________

Claim 11

A propeller according to claim 1, having a relative thickness of 12%, characterized by the fact that it is determined by the coefficients x/l and y/l for the intrados and the extrados given below: ______________________________________ HOR 12 INTRADOS EXTRADOS x/l y/l x/l y/l ______________________________________ 1.00000 -.00220 0.00000 0.00000 .97957 -.00014 .00200 .00775 .95916 .00195 .00400 .01160 .93875 .00395 .00600 .01450 .91835 .00522 .01000 .01925 .89284 .00642 .01400 .02320 .86734 .00726 .01800 .02650 .84183 .00788 .02200 .02935 .81636 .00825 .02659 .03240 .79094 .00831 .03114 .03541 .76549 .00807 .03574 .03814 .74001 .00762 .04039 .04069 .71454 .00704 .04507 .04315 .68908 .00634 .04980 .04551 .66365 .00552 .05937 .04992 .63829 .00456 .06909 .05401 .61297 .00343 .07900 .05780 .58767 .00214 .08901 .06132 .56246 .00068 .09911 .06459 .53736 -.00099 .10928 .06761 .51235 -.00292 .11949 .07040 .48764 -.00514 .12975 .07299 .46245 -.00761 .14007 .07538 .43755 -.01022 .15044 .07758 .41263 -.01292 .16078 .07958 .38768 -.01563 .17110 .08142 .36272 -.01830 .18146 .08310 .33738 -.02087 .19181 .08463 .31296 -.02336 .20219 .08601 .28805 -.02564 .22835 .08886 .26330 -.02773 .25471 .09092 .23887 -.02976 .28074 .09223 .21424 -.03176 .30662 .09289 .20432 -.03250 .33248 .09301 .19435 -.03319 .35843 .09260 .18439 -.03381 .38425 .09173 .17440 -.03435 .41009 .09045 .16443 -.03482 .43595 .08880 .15448 -.03522 .46183 .08677 .14448 -.03553 .48743 .08446 .13443 -.03575 .51351 .08187 .12433 -.03586 .53928 .07897 .11419 -.03584 .56497 .07584 .10397 -.03566 .59054 .07249 .09367 -.03531 .61603 .06898 .08326 -.03475 .64149 .06533 .07268 -.03390 .66691 .06154 .06193 -.03268 .69227 .05766 .05650 -.03188 .71760 .05372 .05103 -.03095 .74290 .04972 .04552 -.02989 .76821 .04571 .03996 -.02859 .79355 .04166 .03435 -.02695 .81891 .03753 .02873 -.02507 .84423 .03328 .02084 -.02248 .86950 .02896 .01400 -.01910 .89478 .02460 .01000 -.01640 .92007 .02015 .00600 -.01280 .94029 .01655 .00400 -.01045 .96051 .01340 .00200 -.00680 .98073 .01015 1.00092 .00680 ______________________________________

Claim 12

A propeller according to claim 1, having a relative thickness of 20%, characterized by the fact that it is determined by the coefficients x/l and y/l for the intrados and the extrados given below: ______________________________________ HOR 20 INTRADOS EXTRADOS x/l y/l x/l y/l ______________________________________ 1.00000 .00350 0.00000 .00900 .97000 .00255 .00200 .01970 .95000 .00195 .00500 .02820 .93000 .00130 .00700 .03220 .91000 .00080 .01000 .03730 .89266 .00002 .01500 .04430 .86704 -.00049 .02000 .04990 .84147 -.00126 .02500 .05510 .81598 -.00237 .03000 .05980 .79051 -.00386 .04135 .06932 .76497 -.00567 .05497 .07913 .73942 -.00771 .06437 .08492 .71388 -.00990 .07403 .09022 .68838 -.01222 .08389 .09510 .66297 -.01469 .09391 .09958 .63766 -.01733 .10405 .10371 .61238 -.02013 .11428 .10747 .58719 -.02311 .12460 .11092 .56219 -.02627 .13501 .11409 .53732 -.02966 .14550 .11696 .51279 -.03335 .15598 .11956 .48819 -.03736 .16643 .12190 .46323 -.04148 .17692 .12402 .43864 -.04568 .18741 .12589 .41400 -.04984 .19794 .12755 .38933 -.05387 .22463 .13086 .36468 -.05768 .25152 .13308 .34020 -.06121 .27823 .13430 .31555 -.06443 .30446 .13457 .29096 -.06717 .33063 .13403 .26685 -.06946 .35696 .13276 .24292 -.07146 .38314 .13083 .21879 -.07310 .40929 .12833 .20899 -.07359 .43547 .12532 .19915 -.07395 .46170 .12183 .18931 -.07417 .48756 .11797 .17943 -.07424 .51378 .11394 .16958 -.07415 .54007 .10956 .15974 -.07389 .56602 .10492 .14983 -.07346 .59184 .10005 .13982 -.07284 .61747 .09499 .12972 -.07200 .64302 .08978 .11954 -.07089 .66853 .08444 .10923 -.06950 .69393 .07899 .09876 -.06778 .71925 .07349 .08809 -.06567 .74454 .06794 .07717 -.06308 .76980 .06238 .06597 -.05985 .79509 .05686 .06029 -.05793 .82044 .05136 .05456 -.05580 .84577 .04582 .04876 -.05346 .87101 .04024 .04285 -.05072 .89621 .03465 .03688 -.04742 .92146 .02911 .03000 -.04340 .94165 .02461 .02500 -.03980 .96186 .02040 .02000 -.03590 .98000 .01690 .01500 -.03130 1.00000 .01250 .01000 -.02550 .00500 -.01740 .00200 -.01000 ______________________________________

Claim 13

A propeller according to claim 1, having blades of span R, characterized by the fact that the profiles of each blade between 0.2 R and R are formed in accordance with claim 1.

Claim 14

A propeller according to claim 12, characterized by the fact that each blade comprises: between 0.20 R and 0.35 R a profile HOR 20; and between 0.65 R and 0.75 R a profile HOR 12.

Claim 15

A propeller according to claim 12, characterized by the fact that each blade comprises: between 0.20 R and 0.35 R a profile HOR 20; between 0.35 R and 0.75 R a profile HOR 12; between 0.55 R and 0.70 R a profile HOR 07; and between 0.80 R and 0.95 R a profile HOR 04.