Exam Question

(a) Compare fixed pitch with controllable pitch propellers. (6)

(b) A ship of 12400 tonne displacement is 120 m long, 17.5 m beum and floats at a draught of 7.5 m. The propeller has a pitch ratio of 0.75 and, when turning at 100 rev/min, produces a ship speed of 12 knots with a real slip of 30%. Calculate the apparent slip, pitch and diameter of the propeller. The wake fraction w may be found from the expression. w = 0.5Cb - 0.05 (10)