Abstract

In the study of ship maneuvers, in the development of ship's autopilots and simulators, the availability of adequate mathematical models of the ship’s propulsion complex, which would describe with high accuracy the dynamics of the ship for the widest ranges of phase coordinates, plays a decisive role. Mathematical models of ship dynamics consist of mathematical models of inertial and non-inertial forces and moments on the ship's hull. The latter include hydrodynamic and aerodynamic forces and moments on the ship's hull, forces and moments caused by the operation of propellers, rigging, ship rudders. For the adequacy of the general mathematical model of the ship's dynamics, the adequacy of the mathematical models of all components of non-inertial forces and moments on the ship's hull is necessary. Mathematical models of non-inertial forces and moments on a ship's hull are usually empirical and made by processing data from experimental tests in ship model basin or in full-scale sea trials. In particular, this applies to the forces and moments caused by the operation of the propeller. In the mathematical modeling of the indicated forces and moments, the rectilinear movement of the vessel, or movement at small values of the drift angles, is usually considered. In this case, only the longitudinal action of the propeller is usually considered, and the transverse component of the force and the moment on the ship's propeller are unreasonably neglected. In addition, well-known mathematical models usually contain coefficients and functions that are difficult to determine using tables and graphs, which is inconvenient for numerical modeling. This work is intended to somewhat eliminate the indicated disadvantages. In particular, it was investigated how the curvilinear movement of the ship affects the operation of the propeller, analyzed the existing mathematical models, and new effective mathematical models of the longitudinal and transverse components of the force and moment caused by the operation of the ship's propeller in dimensional and dimensionless forms were proposed. In particular, representations are obtained for the dimensionless coefficients of the propeller stop and the moment on the propeller shaft, the wake fraction coefficient, the thrust-deduction factor, and skew of the flow on the propeller. It is shown how these parameters change for all possible values of the drift angle and angular velocity. For a number of commercial vessels of various types, technical characteristics are given, and parameters for constructing mathematical models of the dynamics of the propeller are calculated.

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