Hi all forumers!
Could anyone of you who have significant experience in designing propellers for tugboats/trawlers suggest me some good comprehensive reference books/articles in this field ? I'm a newbie in this area.
Could someone recommend me some good books or articles relating to practical design of marine propellers for large ocean vessels and tugboats - fixed, twin screws , CP propeller.
For large volume floating body (as in your case a barge), 3D diffraction wave theory preferably with forward speed effect has to be used to determine 1st and 2nd order wave forces and wave drift damping forces. Although time-domain formulation has been developed, it is usual in practice to use...
