PROPULSION, CAVITATION AND VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERLAPPING PROPELLERS FOR A CONTAINERSHIP

Higher speeds of vessels and the greater engine performance involved in present day types of ships require new considerations with regard to the transmission of the engine power onto the propellers. A fast containership for the North Atlantic Trade is used to propose the overlapping arrangement of the propellers as an alternative to the conventional twin-propeller arrangement. The overlapping propellers offer hydrodynamical, shipbuilding and engine advantages resulting in lower building costs, increased number of containers and smaller power requirement at the same speed of the vessel. By means of extensive tank tests the propulsion, cavitation and vibration characteristics of overlapping propellers were investigated.

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  International Periodical Press

  193 Heemraadssingel
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Kerlin, H
  • Esveldt, J
  • Wereldsma, R
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 177-209
• Serial:
  • International Shipbuilding Progress
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 214
  • Publisher: IOS Press
  • ISSN: 0020-868X
  • Serial URL: http://www.iospress.nl/journal/international-shipbuilding-progress/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cavitation (Mechanics); Propellers; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Overlapping propellers; Propeller characteristics; Propeller vibration
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035675
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Shipbuilding Progress
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1972 12:00AM