Marine Propellers and Propulsion

کتاب پروانه ها و پیشرانش کشتی کارلتون بهترین مرجع برای یادگیری اجزای رانش کشتی از جمله پروانه می باشد. در این کتاب 556 صفحه ای به موارد مختلفی از جمله ویک پروانه، انواع پروانه و مواردی از این قبیل اشاره شده است.

Preface

It is now rather over a decade since much of the material was written for the first edition of this book. During that time
advances have been made in the understanding of several branches of the subject and it is now time to incorporate much
of that material into the text. These advances in understanding together with the natural progression of the subject relate
particularly to cavitation dynamics, theoretical methods including the growing development of computational fluid
dynamics in many parts of the subject and the use of carbon fibre materials for certain propeller types. Moreover, podded
propulsors have emerged in the intervening years since the first edition was written and have become a propulsion
option for certain types of ship, particularly cruise ships and ice breakers but with a potential to embrace other ship
types in the future.
Some other aspects of the subject were not included in the original publication for a number of reasons. In this
new edition I have attempted to rectify some of these omissions by the inclusion of material on high-speed propellers,
propeller–rudder interaction as well as a new chapter dealing with azimuthing and podded propulsors and a substantial
revision to the chapter on cavitation. These additions together with a reasonably extensive updating of the material and
the removal of the inevitable typographical errors in the first edition form the basis of this new addition. Furthermore,
experience in using the book over the last 10 years or so has shown that the arrangement of some of the material could
be improved. As a consequence it will be seen that a certain amount of re-grouping of the subject matter has taken
place in the hope that this will make the text easier to use.
Finally, thanks are once again due to many colleagues around the world who have made very valuable suggestions
and comments as well as providing me with further material for inclusion from their own libraries and achieves.
Furthermore, the normal day-to-day discussions that are held on various aspects of the subject frequently trigger
thought processes which have found their way into various parts of the narrative. In particular, my thanks are due to
MrsW. Ball, Mr P.A. Fitzsimmons, Mr M. Johansen, Mr J. Th. Ligtelijn, Dr D. Radosavljevic , Prof. Dr T. van Terwisga
and Mr J. Wiltshire. Thanks are also due to Dr P. Helmore who, having read the book some 10 years ago, kindly
supplied me with a list of errata for this edition. Finally, thanks are also due to Jane, my wife, for her encouragement
and support in undertaking this revision to the book in a relatively short-time frame.