Terms and definitions; indicated, shaft, or brake and thrust horsepowers; efficiency of engine mechanism in contrast to that of propellers; various authorities quoted on mechanical losses; difficulty of applying universal formula; powers of reciprocating engines and turbines; friction tests in drydock; measuring actual propeller thrust; Marine Oil Engine Trials Committee and recorded efficiencies of Diesel engines and propellers; shaft horsepower and geared turbines, and record of propeller-blade thrust impulses. (See also NorthEast Coast Instn. of Engrs. and Shipbldrs. -- Advance paper for mtg Mar. 15, 1929 20 pp.; Indus. Australian and Min. Standard, vol. 81, no. 2092, May 9, 1929, p. 340)


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    Title :

    Mechanical and transmission losses in marine engines, shafting and propellers


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Shipbuilder ; 36 , n 225


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :






    Tail shafting for marine engines

    Badenhausen, J.P. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1902