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Marine Vehicles Performance

Types of Rudders For Ships

To broadly categorize conventional rudders, there are two types of ship rudders: 1. Spade or Balanced Rudder A…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

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…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

propeller cavitation

As the propeller turns it absorbs the torque developed by the engine at given revolutions i.e., the delivered…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

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,…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

Thrust Bearing

This incident happened on a cruise liner with diesel electric propulsion. The main generator engines are 4 x…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

Function of solid fixed pitch propeller

The propeller consists of a boss with several blades of helicoidal form attached to it. When rotated it…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

What is a ship wake?

A moving ship (or any other object moving at or near the water surface) generates a kind of…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin
Marine Vehicles Performance

2 Ways to calculate ship slip

Ship slip is one of the essential parameters which does not display in the Engine room or navigation…

August 6, 2021 · senseadmin