Experimental determination of propulsion characteristics of a ship with controllable pitch propeller by applying a standardization method of input parameters

Abstract

In the paper a practical method of determination of propulsion characteristics of a ship with controllable pitch propeller is presented. The method is based solely on the results of the energy measurements performed onboard the ship. Therefore it is not necessary to make use of any results of ship hull model tests and engine bed tests. Planning of the experiment with the use of standard values of input parameters makes it possible to considerably lower the number of measurement points and this way to shorten time and cost of the measurements.