Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. SINTEF has now designed and manufactured new measuring equipment for model testing of contra-rotating propellers. This could be good ...

Naval Group manufactured a new-generation propeller via a metal 3D printing process, mounted on a tripartite minehunter.This propeller is 2.5-m in diameter, supported by five 200-kg blades. The ...

Building a large ship requires a massive amount of engineering work. Even the smallest parts require lots of time and effort to design and build. Case in point: the ship's propeller. The prop has to ...

MAN Diesel & Turbo optimizes the efficiency of ship propellers using cutting-edge CFD simulation methods The layout of ship propellers is a balancing act between optimal power conversion and the ...

The industrial technical coordination of the project, which brings together several research and industry players from at ...

They can weigh up to 150 tons, and it's not uncommon for them to measure nine meters or more in diameter: the ship propellers on huge tankers, container ships and cruise liners are invisible giants.