Contents: Executive Summary; Introduction -- Limitation of Existing Propulsion Systems, Trends in Ship Power Requirements, Propeller Configuration, Supercavitating Propellers, Water Jet Propulsion, Integrate Ship and Propeller Into a Single System; The New Propulsion System -- The Hydraulic Axial Flow Transmission, Pump -- Specific Speed and Efficiency, The Inverted Turbine, Integrated Transmission Turbine and Propeller, The Thrust Reaction System, Thrust Reversal, Combined Propulsion Efficiency and Transmission Ratio, The Low Cavitation Pump, Boundary Layer Control on Propeller and Ship, The Total System and Contra-Rotation; The Air Models; The Water Model; Propulsion System Performance; Propulsion Applications and System Improvements; Conclusions -- Proof of Concept, Future Applications and the Total Ship System.
A New Propulsion System for Ships
1980
228 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Marine Engineering , Marine propulsion , Counterrotating propellers , Transmissions(Mechanical) , Systems engineering , Hydraulic pressure pumps , Hydraulic equipment , Impellers , Propeller blades , Valves , Turbines , Gears , Guide vanes , Sea water , Hydraulic fluids , Efficiency , Thrust , Performance(Engineering) , Cost analysis , Integrated systems , Electrical transmission systems , Power transmission , Hydraulic transmissions , Water jets
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