ABSTRACT
In order a ship being able to move at its designed speed, it is important to match the drive train, main engine, reduction gear delivered power with propeller required power.
Normally, propeller diameter is made as large as the space behind the hull allows, number of blade is chosen to minimize vibration excitation, area ratio is chosen for satisfactory loading, etc. Therefore, in the present study, propeller pitch is taken as a dominate parameter for proper propeller sizing to get matched with propulsion drive train available power (Jaakko, 2002 and Teus, 2004).
