Description: Hydrodynamic Propulsion and Its Optimization Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Analytic Theory Author(s): J.A. Sparenberg Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer, Netherlands Imprint: Springer ISBN-13: 9789048144846, 978-9048144846 Synopsis HYDRODYNAMIC PROPULSION AND ITS OPTIMIZATION ANALYTIC THEORY Hydrodynamic propulsion has been of major interest ever since craft took to the water. In the course of time, many attempts have been made to invent, develop, or to improve hydrodynamic propulsion devices. Remarkable achievements in this field were made essentially by experienced individuals, who were in need of reliable propulsion units such as paddle wheels, sculling devices, screw propellers, and of course, sails. The problem of minimizing the amount of input energy for a prescribed effective output was first investigated seriously at the beginning of this century. In 1919, BETZ presented a paper on air-screw propellers with minimum consumption of energy which could be applied to ship-screw propellers also. Next, attempts were made to optimize hydrodynamic propulsion units. Ensuing investigations concerned the optimization of the hydrodynamic system: ship-propeller. The first simple theory of ship propulsion which was presented considered more or less only thrust augmentation, wake processing and modification of propeller characteristics when operating behind the ships hull. This theory has been little improved meanwhile and is still useful, particularly with regard to practical ship design and for evaluating results of ship model tests. However, this theory is not adequate for optimization procedures necessary for high-technology propulsion, particularly for ship propellers utilizing propulsion improving devices such as tip end plates or tip fins at the propeller blades, spoilers in front of the propeller, asymmetrical stern etc.
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Book Title: Hydrodynamic Propulsion and Its Optimization
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
Publication Name: Hydrodynamic Propulsion and Its Optimization: Analytic Theory
Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Item Height: 235 mm
Subject: Engineering & Technology, Mechanics
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 626 g
Subject Area: Mechanical Engineering
Author: J.A. Sparenberg
Item Width: 155 mm
Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications
Format: Paperback
