FLEXIBLE-COUPLING PROPULSION PLANT FOR CRAFT WITH PONTOON-SHAPED HULLS

The concept described in this article concerns slow-speed harbor support and cargo fleet maintenance vessels, which often have pontoon-shaped hulls. It introduces an alternate propeller plant that eliminates certain cost and configurative disadvantages normally associated with the use of rotating screw-rudders. The alternative involves placing vessel propellers in side recesses formed by three planes; the main engines are turned with their connecting flange to the bow, are installed parallel to the propeller shafts, and are connected to them by a flexible drive. This configuration allows all propeller plant equipment to be put in the minimal lengthwise space without being inferior, in this sense, to engines paired with a screw-rudder.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article; Distribution restrictions apply
• Authors:
  • Levi, B Z
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Sudostroyeniye (Soviet Shipbuilding) [USSR], Issue No.2, 1990 (Translated by U.S. Naval Technical Intelligence Center, July 1990)
  • Issue Number: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hulls; Propellers; Propulsion; Translations; Vehicle power plants; Work boats
• Candidate Terms: Pontoons
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull form
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00661199
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM