EFFECT OF PROPULSION DEVICES ON THE PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE OF SUPER TANKERS

Overlapping propeller arrangement (OLP) is better than a usual twin screw ship with outward turning propellers, and the propulsive efficiency is the best when the rate of overlapping is 15-20% of propeller diameter.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ship Research Institute, Tokyo

  38-1, 6-chome, Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Kawakami, Y
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• Japanese

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 24 p.
• Serial:
  • Ship Research Institute, Report of
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Ship Research Institute, Tokyo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engine efficiency; Performance; Propellers; Propulsion; Screw propellers; Supertankers; Wakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Overlapping propellers; Propulsive efficiency; Propulsive performance; Twin screws; Wake surveys
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167656
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM