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<p>This article presents the third and last part of the problem of diagnosing the fatigue of marine propulsion shafts in terms of energy with the use of the action function, undertaken by the authors. Even the most perfect physical models of real objects, observed under laboratory conditions and developed based on the results of their research, cannot be useful in diagnostics without properly transferring the obtained results to the scale of the real object. This paper presents the method of using dimensional analyses and the Buckingham theorem (the so-called π theorem) to determine the dimensionless numbers of the dynamic similarity of the physical model of the propulsion shaft and its real ship counterpart, which enable the transfer of the results of the research on the energy processes accompanying the ship propulsion shaft fatigue from the physical model to the real object.</p>
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This article presents the third and last part of the problem of diagnosing the fatigue of marine propulsion shafts in terms of energy with the use of the action function, undertaken by the authors. Even the most perfect physical models of real objects, observed under laboratory conditions and developed based on the results of their research, cannot be useful in diagnostics without properly transferring the obtained results to the scale of the real object. This paper presents the method of using dimensional analyses and the Buckingham theorem (the so-called π theorem) to determine the dimensionless numbers of the dynamic similarity of the physical model of the propulsion shaft and its real ship counterpart, which enable the transfer of the results of the research on the energy processes accompanying the ship propulsion shaft fatigue from the physical model to the real object.

Energy Analysis of the Propulsion Shaft Fatigue Process in a Rotating Mechanical System Part III Dimensional Analysis

Polish Maritime Research

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This article presents the third and last part of the problem of diagnosing the fatigue of marine propulsion shafts in terms of energy with the use of the...

Energy Analysis of the Propulsion Shaft Fatigue Process in a Rotating Mechanical System Part III Dimensional Analysis

Online veröffentlicht: 15. Juli 2021

Seitenbereich: 72 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2021-0023

Schlüsselwörter
ship propulsion shaft, dimensional analysis, Buckingham theorems, similarity criteria

© 2021 Zbigniew Korczewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Energy Analysis of the Propulsion Shaft Fatigue Process in a Rotating Mechanical System Part III Dimensional Analysis

Online veröffentlicht: 15. Juli 2021

Seitenbereich: 72 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2021-0023

Schlüsselwörtership propulsion shaft, dimensional analysis, Buckingham theorems, similarity criteria

© 2021 Zbigniew Korczewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
ship propulsion shaft, dimensional analysis, Buckingham theorems, similarity criteria