MAR621 : Marine Transmission and Auxiliary Machinery Systems

Department

Department of Marine Engineering

Academic Program

Master in Marine Engineering

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Intended learning outcomes

Transmission types and applications, principle of gears design, geometry, definitions, flanks, involutes and its properties, gears measurements and contact ratio, span width calculations, gear efficiencies calculation and optimization ,gears selection standards, load analysis, Epicyclical gears, combination of gear design and controllable pitch propeller, power matching and optimization. Shafting system static and fatigue loading analysis and design, shafting Line Alignment, selection of rigid flexible coupling, analysis of clutches parts, fluid coupling, torque converters and Franco – Tosi couplings, self-synchronizing clutches, vibration of rotating machinery and balancing, positive displacement and rotary compressors theories, two and three stage compressors, ship board compressed air distribution systems and safety features, flow through non-circular pipes and ducts, pipe networks, ducting systems balancing, introduction to pumps and fans.