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How Does A Rudder Help In Turning A Ship?
Have you ever wondered why all ships have their rudders placed at the aft of their propellers? Why isn’t a rudder placed…
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Types of Rudders For Ships
To broadly categorize conventional rudders, there are two types of ship rudders: 1. Spade or Balanced Rudder A spade rudder…
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Rudder on Ships
The rudder is used to steer the ship. The turning action is largely dependent on the area of the rudder. The required area of…
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10 Factors Considered For Efficient Ship Propeller Design
Over the years there have been significant research and development in the field of propeller designs to ensure safety of…
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propeller cavitation
As the propeller turns it absorbs the torque developed by the engine at given revolutions i.e., the delivered horsepower –…
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5 Best Practices for Marine Propeller Design
The design of marine propellers, or “props,” involves a series of trial-and-error testing to balance the vessel, engine, shaft, and…
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Marine Propellers- Pitch and How to Measure it?
A propeller can be defined as follows: A mechanical device formed by two or more blades that spin around a…
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Thrust Bearing
This incident happened on a cruise liner with diesel electric propulsion. The main generator engines are 4 x MAN B&W…
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Function of solid fixed pitch propeller
The propeller consists of a boss with several blades of helicoidal form attached to it. When rotated it ‘screws’ or…
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What is a ship wake?
A moving ship (or any other object moving at or near the water surface) generates a kind of trace on…
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2 Ways to calculate ship slip
Ship slip is one of the essential parameters which does not display in the Engine room or navigation room (bridge)…
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Understanding Design Of Ship Propeller
Ship propeller is used for propulsion in most types of vessels, irrespective of their type and size. The notion of…
