Where the Engine Meets the Water
In short: How a ship's engine, gearing and propeller are matched to turn power into motion through water, why cavitation shapes every blade, and how electrification and new fuels are changing the power end.
A 1:50 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: MIT OpenCourseWare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), “Marine Power and Propulsion | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare”; United States Naval Academy, Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (NAOE), “EN350: Marine Engineering Systems”; Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), Tsinghua University (Yang Qiongfang, Huang Xiuchang, Li Ye, 2024, 64(1): 75-89), “Integrated design of ship propellers considering hydrodynamics, cavitation, and low noise”; University of Southampton, “MSc Maritime Engineering Science: Naval Architecture 3811 / 3813 (1 year) | University of Southampton”; TU Delft OpenCourseWare (Delft University of Technology), “Cavitation on Ship Propellers - TU Delft OCW”; Springer Nature (Springer, Cham). Chapter by Youngsub Lim, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, in 'Alternative Fuels for Environmentally-Friendly Ships'…, “Alternative Fuels and 2023 IMO GHG Strategy”; MetaCAD (metacad.io knowledge base), “Marine Propeller: Pitch, Diameter & Cavitation”.
Sources used in this film
- MIT OpenCourseWare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) — Marine Power and Propulsion | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare · View →
- United States Naval Academy, Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (NAOE) — EN350: Marine Engineering Systems · View →
- Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), Tsinghua University (Yang Qiongfang, Huang Xiuchang, Li Ye, 2024, 64(1): 75-89) — Integrated design of ship propellers considering hydrodynamics, cavitation, and low noise · View →
- University of Southampton — MSc Maritime Engineering Science: Naval Architecture 3811 / 3813 (1 year) | University of Southampton · View →
- TU Delft OpenCourseWare (Delft University of Technology) — Cavitation on Ship Propellers - TU Delft OCW · View →
- Springer Nature (Springer, Cham). Chapter by Youngsub Lim, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, in 'Alternative Fuels for Environmentally-Friendly Ships'… — Alternative Fuels and 2023 IMO GHG Strategy · View →
- MetaCAD (metacad.io knowledge base) — Marine Propeller: Pitch, Diameter & Cavitation · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: MIT OpenCourseWare (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Marine Power and Propulsion | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare
- Also: United States Naval Academy, Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (NAOE): EN350: Marine Engineering Systems
- Also: Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), Tsinghua University (Yang Qiongfang, Huang Xiuchang, Li Ye, 202: Integrated design of ship propellers considering hydrodynamics, cavitation, and low noise
- Also: University of Southampton: MSc Maritime Engineering Science: Naval Architecture 3811 / 3813 (1 year) | University of Southampton
- Also: TU Delft OpenCourseWare (Delft University of Technology): Cavitation on Ship Propellers - TU Delft OCW
- Also: Springer Nature (Springer, Cham). Chapter by Youngsub Lim, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul: Alternative Fuels and 2023 IMO GHG Strategy
- Also: MetaCAD (metacad.io knowledge base): Marine Propeller: Pitch, Diameter & Cavitation
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