Technische Hogeschool
REPORT No. 37M
Pelit
June 1960
by
Dr. Jr. J. D. VAN MANEN and Jr. R. WERELDSMA
STUDIECENTRUM T.N.O. VOOR SCHEEPSBOUW EN NAVIGATIE
AFDELING MACHINEBOUW - DROOGBAK 1A - AMSTERDAM(NETHERLANDS' RESEARCH CENTRE T.N.O. FOR SHIPBUILDING AND NAVIGATION)
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT - DROOGBAK IA - AMSTERDAM
PROPELLER EXCITED VIBRATORY FORCES
IN THE SHAFT OF A SINGLE SCREW TANKER
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS RESEARCH CENTRE T.N.O. FOR SHIPBUILDING AND NAVIGATION
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No. 1 S The determination of the natural frequencies of ship vibrations (Dutch).
By prof. ir H. E. Jaeger. May 1950.
No. 2 Confidential report, not published. July 1950.
No. 3 S Practical possibilities of constructional applications of aluminium alloys to ship construction.
By prof. ir H. E. Jaeger. March 1951.
No. 4 S Corrugation of bottom shell plating in ships with all-welded or partially welded bottoms (Dutch).
By prof. ir H. E. Jaeger and ir H. A. V erbeek. November 1951.
No. 5 S Standard-recommendations for measured mile and endurance trials of sea-going ships (Dutch).
By prof. ir J. W. Bonebak.ker, dr it W. J. Muller and it E. J. Diehl. February 1952.
No. 6 S Some tests on stayed and unstayed masts and a comparison of experimental results and calculated stresses
(Dutch).
By ir A. Verduin and ir B. Burghgraef. June 1952.
No. 7 M Cylinder wear in marine diesel engines (Dutch).
By it H. Visser. December 1952.
No. 8 M Analysis and testing of lubricating oils (Dutch).
By ir R. N. M. A. Malotaux and it J. G. Smit. July 1953.
No. 9 S Stability experiments on models of Dutch and French standardized lifeboats.
By prof. ir H. E. Jaeger, prof. it J. W. Bonebakkcr and J. Pereboom, in collaboration with A. Audige. October 1952.
No. 10 S On collecting ship service performance data and their analysis. By prof. it J. W. Bonebakker. January 1953.
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No. 13 M Investigation of cylinder wear in diesel engines by means of laboratory machines (Dutch). By ir H. Visser. December 1954.
No. 14 M The purification of heavy fuel oil for diesel engines (Dutch).
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No. 16 M Analysis and testing of lubricating oils II (Dutch).
By ir R. N. M. A. Malotaux and drs J. B. Zabel. March 1956.
No. 17 M The application of new physical methods in the examination of lubricating oils.
By ir R. N. M. A. Malotaux and dr F. van Zeggeren. March 1957.
No. 18 M Considerations on the application of three phase current on board ships for auxiliary purposes especially with regard to fault protection, with a survey of winch drives recently applied on board of these ships and their influence on the generating capacity (Dutch).
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Suggestions about the riveting between steel and aluminium alloy ships' structures.
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By it J. Gerritsma. December 1955.
No. 23 S Second series of stability experiments on models of lifeboats. By it B. Burghgraef. September 1956.
No. 24 M Outside corrosion of and slagformation on tubes in oil-fired boilers (Dutch).
By dr W. J. Taat. April 1957.
-PROPELLER EXCITED VIBRATORY FORCES IN THE
SHAFT OF A SINGLE SCREW TANKER
Introduction
Initiated by the shipyard "Wilton-Fijenoord"
and to the order of the "Netherlands Research
Centre T.N.O. for Shipbuilding and Navigation"
an experimental research into the propeller excited dynamic forces in the propeller shaft was conducted
by the "Netherlands Ship Model Basin" at
Wage-ningen, Holland.
This research was under the auspices of the
Netherlands Research Centre T.N.O. and dealt
with by the Committee "Vibratory Forces in Shafts". This committee consists of representatives of Engine Builders and Ship Yards, Ship Owners, the Nether-lands Research Centre T.N.O. for Shipbuilding and Navigation and the Netherlands Ship Model Basin.1. Description ofthe investigation
The dynamic forces, generated by the propeller
in the propeller shaft of a single screw ship, are
basically influenced by the following three factors:The shape of the afterbody;
The clearances between propeller and screw
aperture;The number of blades and the hydrodynamic
properties of the propeller blades.
Results of the investigations into the effect of the
shape of the afterbody on propulsion have been
published in ref. [1].
In ref. [2] the results are given of a research into
the influence of the clearances between propeller and screw aperture on the thrust and torque varia-tions of the propeller of a single screw cargo liner
(15,000 tons displacement, 8,600 B.H.P. metric, 116 r.p.m. and a ship speed of 16 knots).
The influence of the number of blades, the blade
type, the type of rudder and the draft of the ship on the dynamic performance of the propeller form the subject of the present work. The research was
*) Assistant Director Netherlands Ship Model Basin
Wagenin-gen Holland.
**) Head Instrumentation Department N.S.M.B. Wageningen
Holland.
by
Dr. Ir. J. D. VAN MANEN5) and Ir. R. WERELDSMA**)
Communication from the Netherlands Research Centre T.N.O. for Shipbuilding and Navigation Summary
In this experimental research the effect of type of screw blade, type of stern arrangement, power absorption,
draft and number of blades has been investigated for a single screw tanker with a block coefficient of 0.77. The
dynamic thrust, torque and bending moments, excited by the propeller in the shaft have been analysed.
carried out on a model, representing a 32,000 tons
deadweight single screw tanker to a
scale of 1to 271A. Two different stern arrangements were examined. A conventional stern arrangement has
been tested in the load condition, a "Mariner"-stern arrangement both in the load and ballast conditions. The installed power is 12,660 shp at 105 r.p.m. and
the corresponding trial speed is 16.2 knots in the load condition and 17.0 knots in the ballast
con-dition. The details of the measuring technique,
ap-plied in this investigation, are reported in [3] and [4]. This technique is based on a special type of
correlation measurements according to the principle of "periodic sampling".
2. Data of the ship and the propellers investigated
The particulars of the ship in the two conditions
are given in table I.
TABLE I. Particulars of ship
The ballast condition is an extreme one with the
propeller blade tips in the top position partly out
of the water. This condition might simulate the
dynamic forces excited at a normal draft of the shipin a seaway.
The body plan and stern arrangements are
pre-sented in Fig. 1.
Two stern arrangements were examined:
a conventional stern arrangement and
a "Mariner" stern arrangement.
Load draft Ballast draft
Length between
perpen-diculars 192.02 m 192.02 m
Breadth moulded 17.13 m 27.13 m
Draft on even keel . 10.285 m 6.40 m
Volume of displacement (mid) 41,200 rn:' 24,600 Blockcoefficient 0.77 a. c. . m3
0 APP 0 APP 8 9 -10 Fig; I,
Body pla, aud propeller arrangenient for stehi arrangement A and B
.MARINER' STERN ARRANGEMENT
CWL LOAD! CONDITION L BALLAST _CONDITION 14 1300 20 F PP
CONVENTIONAL STERN ARRANGEMENT
MARINER STERN
ARRANGEMENT
PITCHI DISTRIBUTION
'MI PER CENT
401.1
106 3
105.5_
,Fig.. 2a.. General gay of propeller 1, i, Ill and IV
SCREW 4 i., 6500mmi 1PaaR/0 = 0,760 5 0.507 p/A 0.456, 11 SCREW 11 Di t =F, 6500 mm P0716/04 0.802' A 946.=.0.531 AP/AO = 0.479 SCREW 1St 650.0 mm P0,7R/D,R1 0.782 Z 5 0/40, = 0.558 4p/40 0.4901 SCREW Ir b.= 6500 mm Poi a/D= 10.809 7 .= A D/A 0 = 015 6 4i A kipo = 9.06. ha fl _ t 05. 0 103.6
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In order to obtain an indication concerning the influences of the type of propeller on the dynamic performance behind a ship, 6 propeller models (I
to VI) were investigated.
Details of the propellers are given in Fig. 2a and
2b and in table 2.
Figs. 3a and 3b Show the distributions of the
axial wake component of the model with the
con-ventional and the "Mariner" stern arrangement
respectively.
Review of the test results
A review of the tests and different comparisons
are presented in table 3.
The measured quantities are given as a function
of the angular propeller position, fi, which is ex,
plained in Fig. 4.
Fig. 2b.. General plans. of propeller V and VI
TABLE 2. 'Characteristics of propellers.
TABLE 3 SCREW t 10 = 6 250m ni PO:71RA) 0V834 0.53,8 .A p/A 0 = 01.72 SCREW SEC = 165'00 mm PD7R/D. 0:790 T. 4 Aolaa = 0.4831 A p/A0o. 0:434 FIGURE NT 5. 5 1 b C 00 00 MFFuENCE OF THE BLADE TYPE
INFLUENCE OF POWER ABSORPTION _ I t
INFLUENCE OF SCREW APERTURE I
I
INFLUENCE OF NUMBER OF BLADES
--INFLUENCE OF DRAFT':., 095-0.9 R /88, WM.
In
107.0._ all1=1/10.. -TO 5,5 - 11.11i. ION 0.88 'Ft ,..3.. '0.7 4O 100.0 , I OAa -NI
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'",'IL.m2g:SOF STERN 'CONDITIONCONDITION '.744..'PER CENT I COMPARISONS
I CONVENTIONAL LOAD ma
U S.. CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100 I I
U N CONVENTIONAL LOAD
0 3 .MARMERT LORD 100
t--1
. _MARINER BALLAST 'DOI
SI I CONVENTIONAL 1040 TOO I
2E CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100
7 0 CONVENTIONAL LOAD MO
II CONVENTIONAL MAO TOO
tr V .MARINER. LOAD TOO
4 ,mARINER.' 114M4AST 1410
I 1
Propeller model no.. II IV V VI
Diameter in mm 6500 6500 6500 6500 6250 6500
Number of blades.... . 5 5 5 5 6 4
Pitch at root in mm Hn 4219 4342 4268 5070 4245 4389
Pitch at blade tip in mm Ho
5187 5585 5585 5070 57301 5475Pitch at 0.7 R in mm
H0.7 R
4937 5215 5260 5070' 5280 5135Developed blade-area ratio Fa/F 0.507 0.531 0.564 0.558 0.538 0.483
PITCH DISTRIBUTION IN PER CENT 1.0 R 108.5 3. z I III D z 4
0.20 LOAD CONDITION 0.30 0 = 6500 mm 0.60 0.50 TO 0.70 080 0.60 0.80 0.70 osoi 0.20 "2 W.0.15 0.30 0 = 6500 mm
The definition and the plane of measurement of
the bending moment on the propeller shaft are also given in Fig. 4.
In Figs. 5 to 9 the thrust and torque variations are presented as percentages of the corresponding
average value. An analysis of the thrust and torque
records is given in the formulae, which represent:
the average value at the speed considered,
the absolute values of the amplitudes of the
harmonic components, andthe phase relation of the harmonic components with respect to the propeller position.
The bending moments in Figs. 5 to 9 are presented as percentages of the average propeller torque.
r. POSITIVE 142., POSITIVE p :ANGULAR 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.50_ 0.40
Fig. 3 b. Circumferential wake distributions
VERTICAL BENDING MOMENT
HORIZONTAL BENDING MOMENT
POSITION OF PRORELLER
Fig. 3 a. Wake distributions of the conventional stern arrangement in load condition and of the Mariner"-stern arrangement in load
and ballast conditions
Fig. 4. Definition of the symbols of vertical and horizonal bending
moments and the location of the plane of measurement
MARINER "
STERN ARRANGEMENT
0.8 BALL AST CONDITION
g...N Pt\ 14411/4.0.5 06 03
)
0.7 04 W 09 02 1 1.0 _ 0 0 TV2.
1 MARINER" STERN ARRANGEMENT0 8I.. LOAD CONDITION
03 0.6 0 4 W 1 0
7____Y
0.2 0.9 0 ./2 n 08 CONVENTIONAL STERN ARRANGEMENT 1.0AD CONDITION L 5k r 0 6 DVI/
0 4 W .,./
1 07 0 2 0.9 n/2 MARINER" ., MARINERCONVENTIONAL STERN ARRANGEMENT STERN ARRANGEMENT
STERN ARRANGEMENT
LOAD CONDITION BALLAST CONDITION
PLANE OF MEASUREMENT
OF IBEIIDING MOMENS
I
..
gji
rv/rlyvvrvvil
a 0- 0 a ..TC--25Fig. 5. Effect of the blade type on the d) ;ramie propeller per f or mance
90°
leo°
PROPELLER POSIT ION
13
HORIZONTAL
BENDING MOMENT
180.
PROPELLER POSIT ION 0
2700 360° INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN ARRANGEMENT CONDITION POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
I 5 CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100
----11 5 CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100 m 5 CONVENTIONAL LOAD LOAD 100 III 5 CONVENTIONAL 100 c4, a° _87i7 90 0 815 S1N(5 0 -83 0) 1.015 0194(50-1094 0) 0 1534510(50-1180) 1.242 SIN (50 -59.0 ) no° 2700 PROPELLER POSITION 13 1.352 SIN(100 .115 0) 0.30151N(15(3 - 36.5). 0.266 5IN( 20 0 117.0) MOONS 1289 SIN (101) 390 0 774 51N osp-149.0) 0168 SIN( NO 57.1, ) 6,T(3N5 0 957 SINN:115. 3115) 047? 504)100-102 0) 0 352 5151( 7013 40.5 ..T0NS 0.924 SIN (10 13 09.0) 0161 SIN (1513 -100) 0.076 SIN( 200-1400) MOONS 360° Ui 10 8940 8803 89.34 TORQUE VARIATIONSVERTICAL BENDING MOMENT (PROPELLER WEIGHT
EXCLUDED a° ao. 180° 270° 360° PROPELLER POSITION p - 102 30 .1750 51N(5(1 -775) 3 6075iN(04070) 482 SIN(15(3 -44 5) 0 294 SIN( 20(3 1500) TONS 103 49 2 50551N(513-103 0) 2346510)1013 46 0) 522 SIN(15 0+1575 ) 0 392 510 (2013 -15) 00945 101139 +2415 518(5)3 -103 0) 3138 5IN (10 13 29 0) 0 652 SIN(1515 .150.0. 0 495 51N ( 200 - 53.0) TONS - 10181 .7 494 501(5)3 - 50 0) 1 782 S1N(10 .116 5) 0139 5.(15 - 60 5) SIN( 700 .170 0) TONS THRUST VARIATIONS 3610° 270 4 _25 910 f ( - -I I -I ) 0°
TABLE 4a. Effect of blade type on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
Power absorption
per cent.
4. Discussion of the test results
a.
Effect of the blade type on the dynamic
per-formance of the propeller
In Fig. 5 a comparison of the results of the various
five bladed propellers (propeller I, II, III and IV;
see Fig. 2a and table 2) has been made.
In table 4a the amplitudes of the harmonic
com-ponents of the thrust and torque are given as
per-centages of the corresponding average value.
Table 4b shows the extreme values of the
hori-zontal and vertical bending moments as percentages of the average torque, that is given as the first term
of the corresponding formula in Fig. 5. The
con-stant vertical
bending moment excited by the
propeller weight can be estimated in this research at30 per cent. of the average propeller torque at full power.
From these data it appears that the blade type
has only a minor influence on the dynamic propellerHarmonic components as percentage of average value
Torque Thrust
TABLE 4b. Effect of blade type on the dynamic propeller performance (bending moment) Corres-ponding
figure
forces. The pattern of the vibrations generated is
the same for the various propeller blades. Only small phase shifts due to differences in skew back occur.
b. Effect of power absorption
Fig. 6 and table 5 show the results of the dynamic
measurements for the conventional stern arrange-ment with a five bladed propeller at one hundred
and at eighty per cent. power absorption.
It is found that in the two conditions tested a
decrease in power absorption results in:a small increase in the relative and absolute values
of the harmonic components of the torque;
a decrease in the absolute values of the harmonic
components of the thrust;
no change in the relative values of the harmonic
components of the thrust.
In addition to these data it must be noted that the frequencies of the propeller excited vibratory forces,
being directly proportional to the r.p.m., are
con-TABLE 5. Effect of the power absorption on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
orres-nding igurc 6 Prop. Num-ber of blades Stern arrangement Condi-tion Power absorption per cent.
Bendim; Moment as percentage of average torque
(propeller we'ght excluded)
Corres-ponding figure
Vertical Horizontal
Max. Min. Max. MM.
I 5 conventional load 100
+58.4
-12.0
+35.0 +15.0II 5 conventional load 100 +55.8
- 8.1
+34.3 +15.15
III 5 ccnventional load 100 +57.2
-10.0
+33.0 +18.0IV 5 conventional load 100 +54.2
- 5.8
+35.0 +16.8
Num-Stern Condi- Power
Harmonic components as percentage of average value
c
Torque Thrust
Prop. her of
blades arran,cmcnt non absorption
per cent. 4th 1st Pc i 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th I 5 conventional load 100 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.4 2.8 0.5 0.4 II 5 conventional load 80 1.6 1.6 0.4 0.3 2.5 2.8 0.7 0.2 1 st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th II III
Iv
5 5 5 conventional conventional conventional conventional load load load load 100 100 100 100 0.9 1.1 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.6 2.8 3.1 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 5 Prop. Num-ber of blades Stern arrangement Condi-tion pattern, I I-L
1800
siderably affected by the degree of power
ab-sorption.For the eighty per cent. power absorption
con-dition no bending moment measurements have been
made.
Effect of the type of stern arrangement
In Fig. 7a, b and table 6a, b, c, d comparisons have been made of the dynamic propeller forces, recorded for the conventional and the "Mariner"
stern arrangement.
From Fig. 7a and table Ga it appears that the
effect on thrust and torque is of secondary impor-tance if a five bladed propeller is used. If a
four-bladed propeller is used, it appears from Fig. 7b and
table 6b, that the amplitudes of the harmonic
thrust and torque components are smaller for the
Mariner stern arrangement than for the
conven-tional stern arrangement.With respect to the bending moment on the shaft
it can be concluded from Fig. 7a, b and table 6c, d
that: the average values of the bending moment on
the shaft are not seriously affected by the type of
stern arrangement, the maximum and minimum
TORQUE 'VARIATIONS
1
9D° leo°
PROPELLER POSITION p
- 89 40 TO IS SIN.(5 -.105,0) ?'.289:5 IN (ISO +31.0) .!0,274,SINT15'31- /4910) ,0068 OIlS (2013 057,0) NIJONS
.7N73 I.266Sm0S -1120) I.205 SIN (100 ..51.0) ,0.307SINII9P - 2150"°(2C0 "). maoms'
THRUST VARIATIONS
It _ij I I 0 i
011.
90,0 leo°
PROPELLER POSITION p
-,0049 0.505515(52-40.310y 2. 84651N (10)1 55.0), 0522 SIN osp 650) 0159291N170117.5) TONS
4 5.9159' 2.104 SIN..(5 (3 - I, Dv 2.515 S, N(i O 014.0) 01646 SIN (15)1-03.0) km SINIZOP.'42.0)IONS
Fig, 6. Effect of the Power absorpti2n on ihe IIynanIic propeNer performance
values of the bending moment on the shaft are fof the Mariner stern arrangement smaller than for the
conventional stern arrangement if a five bladed
propeller is employed. An increase of these extremevalues has been recorded for the Mariner stern
arrangement compared with those of the conven-tional stern arrangement if a four bladed propeller is used.
From these results it can be concluded that from
the view point of propeller excited vibratory forces
the Mariner stern arrangement is
slightly morefavourable than a conventional one if a five bladed propeller is used.
If a four bladed propeller is fitted the choice of the stern arrangement depends on the importance attached by the designer to the amplitudes of the
different vibrations...
d. Effect of the number of blades
The number of blades of the propeller is the most
important parameter of the propeller .excited vi-bratory forces, not only for the amplitudes, gener-ated, but also for the frequencies generated as can
be seen from Figs. Sa, b, c and tables 7a, b,C.
2700 270° 340° 3 60 ° ,IINDICAVION PROP 1 NUMBER STERN' OF BLADES,' ARRANGEMENT II
CONDIrl'ON ABSORPTIONPOWER I
PER CENT 1 IC I I CONVENTIONAL LOAD , 100' rc 5 I .MARINER" LOAD 80 8 --s 0 -c.
34 4 0 0 TORQUE VARIATIONS _ 050 0 4 90° leo° PROPELLER 'POSITION ft - B9 <C 015516 (54-106) 289 SIN oo p 9 0 274 SIN(15 -149) 0 1695IN (2E4,7) M TO 95 5059 11311SIN ( 513- 717 ) 667SIN(10131073), 0075 (I5-95) 0191151N(20P155) NI TONS THRUST VARIATIONS
IL
/A
_sitiTy
o° 90° 180° PROPELLER PDS I T ION p 2;0° 360° _ .25 VERTICAL BENDING MOMENT (PROPELLER WEIGHT EXCLUDED) 103 19 SOSSIN(513-103) 846 SIN(10p46) 522S1N(1513167S) 392SIN(20p -175) TONS z 10( 11 3 342 SINOP -) 2 098SIN(1013,61) +0 259SIN(15P .121 ) 0 092 SIN(200 5°) TONS Fig. 7a.Effect of the screw aperture on the dynamic performance of a five bladed propeller
INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN 1 CONDIT iON 1 POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
31 5 CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100
-- I
It 5 MARINER . LOAD 100 I I I I 0. 90° 180° PROPELLER POSITION 13HORIZONTAL BENDING MOMENT
00 90° 180° 2700 PROPELLER POSITION p 270° _ 50 25
.5
.5 /I / / 360° 0 I )_.20 _., 1
rt(^
I 1 1 i I It t 1 IIt
1 1 t t ti I 1 t _. . I t t I 1 I III
I I I I I .5 1 1 IIIt
I 1 I I Q 01° :00 913° TORQUE VARIAIHN leo° PROPELLER POSITION P 1 \ 1 \ \ 1 \ \ \ \ \ / I / \ / 8 /\/
2170° 360° -18.22 5355i/4(0T-el 'T) ^1165 SIN (8 77 0) 0,512 SIN op ITS) 0 ITIISIN(TLp 114C)14.0000 632 SINC40 +1)2) 0 951 7.IN(11 335 0 ) 0 0 494 SIN Ott, 95.0 ) 0 114 SIN(1613113 5) 31 TONS THRUST VARIATIONS 360° 50 _25 / _50 0 VERTICAL BENDING MOMENT ( PROPELLER WEIGHT EXCLUDED) 9O° -101.30 17.12s114(0035 0) 150 SIN (8P 5) 0 03 SIN (12 p .108) 0.337s1N06p93 0) TONS .105.20 lo.ii e) 2 305 SIN (10 .7.0 + 1.166 SIN (12 0,03 7) SIN(161355 3) TONS Fig. 7b.Effect of the screw aperture on the dynamic performance of a four bladed propeller
\
iso°
270°
PROPELLER POSITION
P
HORIZONTAL BENDING MOMENT
0 OI° 90 80° PROPELLER POSITION p 3 INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN ARRANGEMENT CONDITION POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
41 4 CONVENTIONAL LOAD
---- SET
4 MARINER-LOAD 100 4 Lat' _..25 1 1 270° 380° 2170° leo° PROPELLER POSITION P ---360° 100 (-TABLE Ga. Effect of the screw aperture on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
TABLE 6b. Effect of the screw aperture on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
TABLE 6c. Effect of the screw aperture on the dynamic propeller per (bending moment)
TABLE 6d. Effect of the screw aperture on the dynamic propeller performance (bending moment)
For the dynamic performance of the propeller a distinction must be made between the even- and the odd-bladed propellers due to the fact that for
the even-bladed propeller two blades are passing the
vertical plane simultaneously and for the
odd-bladed propellers the blades alternately pass the ver-tical above and below the propeller shaft.In combination with thc peaks of the wake field coinciding with the vertical, the differences in the dynamic performance of the two propeller types
mentioned are clear.
With even-bladed propellers large torque and
thrust variations and small bending momentvaria- Cs-ing re res-ding ure
tions are experienced (see Fig. 8a, b and table 7a, d).
With odd-bladed propellers small torque and
thrust variations and large bending moment
varia-tions are recorded.
An increase in the even or odd number of blades
will lead to a decrease in the amplitudes of the
dynamic propeller forces due to the smallerhydro-dynamic forces per screw blade (see in Fig. 8a the four and six bladed propeller). Fig. 8a shows that the horizontal bending moment of the six bladed
propeller is constant.
However, the above-mentioned characteristic properties of the dynamic propeller forces may not
Harmonic components as percentage of average value
Prop.
her of Stern Condi- absorptionPower ponding
Corrcs-Torque Thrust
blades arrangement tion
per cent. figure
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
II 5 conventional load NO 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.4 2.8 0.5 0.4
7a II 5 "Mariner" load 100 2.0 0.7 0.1 0.2 3.1 2.0 0.2 0.1
Harmonic components as percentage of average value 3rop. Num-her of blades Stern :arrangement .tion Power absorption per cent. Cor ppm figi Torque Thrust 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th VI 4 conventional load 100 7.5 2.1 0.7 0.4 13.0 3.8 0.6 0.3 71 VI 4 "Mariner" load 100 5.3 1.1 0.6 0.2 9.7 2.7 1.1 0.3 Prop. Num-ber of blades Stern arrangement Cond i-tion Power absorption per cent.
Bending Moment as percentage of average torque
(propeller weight excluded )
Corres-ponding figure
Vertical Horizontal
Max. Min. Max. Min.
II II 5 5 conventional "Mariner" load load 100 100 +55.8 +43.8
-8.1
0 +34.3 +28.8 +15.1 +14.0 7aBending Moment as percentage of average torque
Prop. Num-her of blades Stern arrangement Con di-tion Power absorption per cent.
( propeller weight excluded) Co
poll fil.
Vertical Horizontal
Max. Min. Max. Min.
VI VI 4 4 conventional "Mariner" load load 100 100
+29.4
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13IILIIIIC propeller performance (Load condition)
-.50 -025 I I I 1 1 -25 0° leo° PROPELLER POSITION 13 _025 I 0° 9100 180° PROPELLER POSITION fls 270° 360° INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN ARRANGEMENT CONDITION POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
It 5 CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100
--y 6 CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100 yr 4 CONVENTIONAL LOAD 100 TORQUE VARIATIONS VERTICAL
BENDING MOMENT ( PROPELLER
WEIGHT EXCLUDED) 2;0° 360° 1 I I I o° so. 1800 270° 360° PROPELLER POSITION 13 _50 HORIZONTAL BENDING MOMENT 0 1 \\ 30.0 \ I \ I 1 .Ii I I I I -p
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p t21, 0.092SIN(Z: ) TONS P.a .805516(8 p .3T) 1.166 515(12131035)..3590INOSPS5.3) TONS Fig. 8b.
Effect of the number
of
blades on the dynamic propeller performance (Load condition)
360° VERTICAL BENDING MOMENT (PROPELLER WEIGHT EXCLUDED) N N I ot, so° leo° 2;0° PROPELLER POSITION p 160° 2170° PROPELLER POSITION p INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN ARRANGEMENT CONDITION POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
LI 5 _MARINER " LOAD
---- ITC
4 MARINER " LOAD 100 i 1 1 1 I 1 i k I 1 1 , _5 a _25 0 PROPELLER POSITION p -9, 3 Sir.0lD-0.0.087sIN(isp-9s)..o.i9es15(2o piss) m TONS
HORIZONTAL BENDING MOMENT p.,) .0.911 SIN (op .$) 5.(l2 p ..)0J34 515(16 r3t193) U TONS ..25 \ I 1 1
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/
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HORIZONTAL 'BENDING MOMENT
leftr
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360°
PROPELLER POSITION
(3
Fig. 8c, Effect of the number of blades On the dynande popeller performance (Ballast condition),
a La .i 360° INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN ARRANGEMENT CONDITION POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
II 5 MARINER" BALLAST 100
---- 3LE
4 .. MARINER "__
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I,v PI I / I I k .10 1 / III
/ 1II 1
/ I I 11 1' II'I'
/ ' I Ll' I. I I / 1 I l'' / / 1,,
0 I I IIIA
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I a I ___A__ to a 1 1 \\ .\--;\ / / 1 1 1 / 1 / T., \ \ \ , / \ \ ,..---= I._ _1.. I __ 90° 180° 270° 360° PROPELLER POSITION pi -- 105.80 - 104.,71 / ( -0°TABLE 7a. Effect of the numb(' of blades on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust) Prop. II VI Num-ber of blades Stern arrangem conventi convent; conventi
TABLE 7b. Effect of the number of blades on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
TABLE 7c. Effect of the number of blades on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
TABLE 7d. Effect of the number of blades on the dynamic propeller Performance (bending moment)
TABLE 7e. Effect of the number of blades on the dynamic propeller perfornzance (bending moment)
s-ng ,Ilt . Condi-tion Power absorption per cent.
Harmonic components as percentage of average value
Corres-ponding figure Torque Thrust 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th °nal load 100 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.4 2.8 0.5 0.4 onal load 100 4.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 9.0 2.6 1.0 0.1 8a onal load 100 7.5 2.1 0.7 0.4 13.0 3.8 0.6 0.3
Harmonic components as percentage of average value
Prop. Num-ber of Stern . Cond 1- Power absorption Corres-ponding Thrust
blades arrangement non per cent. Torque figure
list 2nd 3rd 4th lit 2nd 3rd 4th
II 5 "Mariner" load 100 2.0 0.7 0.1 0.2 3.1 2.0 0.2 0.1
8b VI 4 "Mariner" load 100 5.3 1.1 0.6 0.2 9.7 2.7 1.1 0.3
Harmonic components as percentage of average value
P Num-her of Stern . Cond- Power absorption Corres pondin Thrust
blades arrangement tion per cent. Torque figurt
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
II 5 "Mariner" ballast 100 3.1 1.2 0.3 0.3 5.2 1.8 0.8 0.0
8c VI 4 "Mariner" ballast 100 4.8 1.3 0.5 0.2 8.8 1.9 1.3 1.3
Bending Moment as percentage of average torque rop. Num-ben of blades Stern arrangement Condi-tion Power absorption per cent.
(propeller weight excluded)
Corr,
pondi figu 1
Vertical Horizontal
Max. Min. Max. Min.
II 5 conventional load 100 +55.8
- 8.1
+34.3 +15.1V 6 conventional load 100 +27.1 +18.1 +25.8 +25.8 8a
VI 4 conventional load 100
+29.4
+18.8 +25.0 +23.5Prop.
Num-ber of Stern Cond i- absorptionPower
Bending Moment as percentage of average torque d
(propeller weight exclude)
Corms-ponding Vertical
blades arrangement non per cent. Horizontal figure
Max. Min. Max. Min.
II 5 "Mariner" load 100 +43.8 0 +28.8 +14.0
8b
VI 4 "Mariner" load 100 +33.2
+11.7
+22.2 +20.116
TABLE 7f. Effect of the number of blades on the dynamic propeller performance (bending moment)
appear in extreme circumstances as can be seen from Fig. 8c and table 7c, f.
For the "Mariner" rudder arrangement in the
ballast condition the bending moment variations ofthe four and the five bladed propeller are nearly
equal and the extreme differences in the amplitudes of the thrust and torque variations such as recordedin the load condition do not exist.
As mentioned in section 2 of the paper this bal-last condition is an extreme one. However, these
extreme circumstances might occur at normal
drafts with the ship in a seaway, if the propeller tips periodically project above the water.
e. Effect of draft
In Fig. 9 and table 8 comparisons of the propeller
excited vibratory forces have been made for the
load and ballast condition of the ship with the
mariner" stern arrangement.
TABLE 8a. Effect of draft on the dynamic propeller performance (torque
and thrust)
Po abso per
From the comparison made in Fig. 9a and table 8a it appears that for the five bladed propeller the amplitudes of the harmonic components of thrust and torque are larger in the ballast condition than
in the load condition. The variations of the bending
moment on the shaft are only slightly affected by the draft. However, the effect of the draft on the
mean values of the vertical and horizontal bending moment is considerable. The latter phenomena can
lead to
a decrease in the dynamic load on
thepropeller shaft.
From Fig. 9b and table 8b it appears that the
effect of the draft on the thrust and torque
varia-tions of the four bladed propeller
is practicallynegligible. Both the variations and the mean values
of the bending moments excited by a four bladed propeller are considerably affected if the propeller
tips project periodically above the water.
TABLE 8b. Effect of draft on the dynamic propeller performance (torque and thrust)
Power absorption
per cent.
Harmonic components as percentage of average value Torque 1st 2nd I 3rd 4th Thrust 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Corres-ponding figure
Bending Moment as percentage of average torque
Prop. Num-bet of blades Stern arrangement Condi-tion Power absorption per cent.
(propeller weight excluded)
Corres-ponding figure Vertical Horizontal Max. MM. Max. MM. II 5 "Mariner" ballast 100
+ 7.7
-28.2
+20.8+ 8.8
Sc VI 4 "Mariner" ballast 100 +13.1-34.1
+26.0
+11.5 wer ption cent.Harmonic components as percentage of average value
Co por fi; Torque Thrust 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 00 00 2.0 3.1 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 3.1 5.2 2.0 1.8 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 . . II 5 "Mariner" load II 5 "Mariner" ballast VI 4 "Mariner" load 100 5.3 1.1 0.6 0.2 9.7 2.7 1.1 0.3 9b VI 4 "Mariner" ballast 100 4.8 1.3 0.5 0.2 8.8 1.9 1.3 1.3
Num- Stern
Condi-Prop. ber of
blades arrangement tion
Num- Stern
Condi-Prop. ber of
blades arrangement tion
rres-ding tire a I I I i
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HORIZONTAL GENOINO MOMENT INDICATION
----
PROP NUMBEROS
STERN' ARRANGEMENT CONDITION -POWERABSORPTION PER CENT
II -5 _ MARINER LOAD 100 =
--- U
MARINER" BALLAST 100 TORQUE VARIATIONS VERTICAL tENDING MOMENT (PROPELLE-R WEIGHT EntUDEC) o° so° io-o° 360° PROPELLER POSITION p 2700 69 - goo 180° 1PROPELLER POSITION p I -I 0-6 so° leo° [PROPELLER POSITION p -i01,31 1342SIN(S11-,66.5) 2.0911SIN(/013 II 0) i0,259 SIN(1513 121.0 0.092S114(2013.10) TONS z 10580 S49/ SIN (5p=.o) t93I0(io_o41720)0.e45 siN (isp i3Lo)
0.0400I9(20p-m.o) TONS
1.
270° 360° too° 270° PROPELLER POSITION pA A A A
6 _.5 THRUST VARIATIONS/1A
A
r r r r
I S.,_ .10 45 -10 I o t ° 9O° i+o° 270° 36C' PROPELLER POSITION p 88.87 0052 SIN (a. 74 5) c SIN (a p ai 0) .94 SIN (lip 98 C) 3 130 055 (lapI/9 IcNs
0850 0 G Ign ,tri (4p loo,) a 1123 siN
) 51)82 *5170) El, (16p r/ TONS THRUST VARIATIONS 10071 a 2,4SIN (oa 99 0) 1 341 SIN (8P 35,,10 1213 .4,0 sO°o° leo° PROPELLER POSITION p 0555 l3215550(LIIOI0) 2 9,15,1 M3+8,7) 11065. (,,P. 100 0) 0 n3590I060.55 ,) 1.0 1 395 Sial(1005 0) 10 NS _50 25
/--,
/.,
/
A / \ / A / A 0/
A / A/ AS
/ A / / A/
A/
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90° iso° PROPELLER POSITION 13 270° 31:1° INDICATION PROP NUMBER OF BLADES STERN ARRANGEMENT CONDITION POWER
ABSORPTION PER CENT
4 . MARINER" LOAD BALLAST 100 100 4 _MARINER" TORQUE VARIATIONS VERTICAL BENDING MOMENT (PRrPELLER WEIGHT EXCLUDED) 900 160° 270. 360° PROPELLER POSITION 0
HORIZONTAL BENDING MOMENT
;700 360° -I -N N / I -0
-_L-TABLE 8c. Effect of draft on the dynamic propeller performance (bending moment)
TABLE 8d. Effect of draft on the dynamic propeller performance (bending moment)
5. Conclusions and RC C0117 men d a t ians
From the results of the tests the following
con-clusions can be drawn:
The effect of the number of blades on the
dynamic propeller forces is of primary impor-tance compared with the effects of blade type,
power absorption, type of stern arrangement
and draft.In general large thrust and torque variations
are coupled with small variations in the bendingmoments with a four bladed propeller. With a five bladed propeller small thrust and torque variations are coupled with large variations in the bending moments in the shaft.
If the frequency, equal to four times the r.p.m.,
is not expected to be critical from the view point
of axial or torsional shaft vibrations the
appli-cation of a four bladed propeller
isrecom-mended, due to the smaller variations in the
bending moments.Six bladed propellers are not recommended
from the viewpoint of efficiency.
Extreme draft conditions of the ship, which
may occur in a seaway, disturb considerably the general picture of the dynamic propeller forces as concluded in a and b.The results of this research underline once more
the conclusion made in ref. [1] that an appreciable reduction of the propeller excited vibratory forces in the shafts of single screw ships can only be
ob-tained by an extreme change in the lines of the
afterbody such as for instance the so called Hogner cigar shaped afterbody.For further experimental research the N.S.M.B. has designed and constructed a new dynamometer
with which the dynamical thrust and torque as well as the bending moments on the shaft in two planes
can be recorded. In this way the two components,
the propeller shear force and the thrust excentricity, which are building up the bending moments can be
analysed.
For a theoretical analysis of these experimental
data wake measurements with a five hole pitot tube as described by Pien [5] will be carried out. A quasi stationary analysis of the screw propellers examined
in these wake patterns will be carried out on an
electronic digital computer according to Lerbs'
in-duction factor method. Finally dynamic effects
will be accounted for according to two dimensionalflutter data as done by Ritger and Breslin [6].
Acknowledgement
The authors wish to express their thanks to Ir. J.
E. Woltjer, Director of Drydock and Shipyard
"Wilton-Fijenoord" Ltd., for his stimulatinginitia-tion of, and his interest in, this research. Refeeences
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1959.
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thrust measurements, carried out with ship model 1735 fitted
either with a four or five bladed propeller, for the single
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1958. Prop. N um-. of Stern Condi-tion Power absorption
Bending Moment as percentage of average torque (propeller weight excluded)
Corres-ponding
Vertical Horizontal
blades arrangement per cent. figure
Max. Min. Max. MM.
II 5 "Mariner" load 100 +43.8 0 +28.8 +14.0 9a II 5 "Mariner" ballast 100
+ 7.7
-28.2
+20.8+ 8.8
Prop. Num-her of blades Stern arrangement . Condi-tion Power absorption per cent.Bending Moment as percentage of average torque
(propeller weight excluded)
Corres-ponding figure Vertical Horizontal Max. MM. Max. MM. VI 4 "Mariner" load 100 +33.2 +11.7 +22.2 +20.1 9b VI 4 "Mariner" ballast 100 +13.1