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Lehr, William E.
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A METHOD FOR THE DESIGN OF SHIP PROPULSION
SHAFT SYSTEMS
by
and
at the
June 1961
Signatures of Authors
Certified by
Thesis Advisor
Accepted by
Chairman, Department Committee on
Graduate Students
I S. Naval rostgratluafe
.
Scliod?
Monterey, California
ABSTRACT
li
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Institute of Technology.
Cambridge , Massachusetts
iii
2
1 . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Title i
Abstract ii
Acknowledgments iii
Table of Contents iv
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1 . Background ................. 1
1 . Intent of Thesis Study 2
2 . NOMENCLATURE 3
iv
. 4
5
2
1 )
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(cont inued
Page
APPENDIX . o . 56a
REFERENCES ............... 55
LIST OF FIGURES
Reversal
vi
LIST OF TABLES
vii
1
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1 . Background
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prehensively in recent presentations. Shafting effects
It is the authors *
contention that many of the
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,
2,0 NOMENCLATURE
->
) )
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3.0 THE EFFECT OF SHORT SHAFT SPANS
3.1 General
system.
* it
Equivalent Reduction Gear Diameter = 42.3
Lineshaft Diameter * 21,9"
Tailshaft Diameter - 23.8"
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up the problems encountered. To obtain the computed
tube has been bored and the state of weardown the bear-
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<£
5
t-
Ll)
CO
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cr
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< O
I o
z
o
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o
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Q. LU
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X
K>
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approximately as follows:
Bearing
Number 1 2 5 4 5 6 7
Load
(lbs) 35,000 35,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 25,000 75,00
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TABLE I. - BEARING REACTIONS AND INFLUENCE NUMBERS
^ 12 3 4 5 6 7
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3
INITIAL
CONDITION LOAD
DISTR.
CONTACT
SURFACE
PARTIAL
WEARDOWN
AFTER
WEARDOWN
FIG.
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loading any additional inertia loading caused by the
Brg.
No. 5 6 7
-9-
A reasonable amount of weardown
must take place be-
fore a uniform load distribution
will occur on the after
stern tube bearing. To determine the
bearing loading
under these conditions a value of weardown
of 0.020 inches
at the mid -length of the bearing was
chosen. Using this
value, Y - -20.0 mils, and the influence
? numbers of
Table II the calculated reactions at bearings
No. 5 and
No. 6 are:
(3-(l) R R +I . Y -+3l547+(78l.4)(-20.0)-l5,919.0
5 * 5sl 7 5 7 lbs.
R R
6 - 6sl +I 7-6y 7 -46550+(-1321.3)(-20.0)— 20,108 lbs.
(3- (2)
(3- (3) R R
6 - 6 + I 6 _ 6 Y 6 « 0.0 - -20,108.0 + (2964. 8)Y
6
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Not only has the forward stern tube bearing become un-
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No, 6 and 7 can be obtained. A softer tailshaft, re-
•12-
ing load requirements. Based on these it might not be
-13-
:
following relationships
(5- (7) R
2
- R
2sl
+ I^gYj + I
2.2 2
Y + I
>2Y5
(?- (8) R = R + Ij.,^ + I Y + I Y
3 33l 2.5 2 5 .5 5
-14-
The influence of bearing No, 3 is included, so its
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T r
1 — r
•006 004 0.0 002 -^04 006
BELOW DATUM (INCHES) ABOVE DATUM
SIMULTANEOUS POSITION OFBRGS NO'S &2 WITH I
60
50
40 -
v>
z
o
-30 ^^
o
-<
UJ
cc
o 20
z
£
<
UJ
CD
10 /
\ NO. 2
\ UNLOAD
I i i i l 1
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-i r
04 .03
BELOW DATUM
FIG.
-15b-
ing a fourth calculation was carried out with No. 3
plete ace crane e with both merchant and Navy design pro-
16-
.
latively long spans. All of the short span cases had high
of the system
and to set load limits the system must meet under this
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4.2.1) Bearing Loading . Upper limits on nominal pressure
bearings.
Table III.
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to thermal expansion of the bearing foundation and
satisfied.
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amount compared to a bearing in way of a deep frame
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). ))
TABLE III
Shaft
Diameter 10 12 14 16 18
(inches
Prop.
Weight 11,250 15,000 18,500 25,000 35,250
(lbs .
Prop.
Overhang 21 24 26 30 34
(inches)
Gear Brg.
Span 39.0 43.8 49.4 55.0 61.2
(inches
Equiv
Gear Dia. 27.0 28.0 32.2 34.0 36.7
(inches)
Gear
Shaft Dia. 11.8 14.0 16.3 18.6 21.0
(inches
Gear
Weight 15,400 23,200 33,000 43,500 55,500
(pounds
Gear Pace
Length 25.0 28.3 31.9 35.5 39.5
(inches)
Allowable
Value of 3,400 4,500 6,600 8,700 11,100
+ (R, - R 2 )
pounds
Propeller
Mass Moment 6
of Inertia 17.0xl0 32 Oxl
.
Factor -
W r2
P
(continued)
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) )
)
Shaft
Diameter 20 22 24 26 28 50
(inches
Prop.
Weight 47,500 53,100 61,300 75,800 87,500 106,000
(lbs.
Prop.
Overhand 38 43 47 51 55 60
(inches)
Gear Brg.
Span 67.3 78.5 80.8 90.8 101.5 112.7
(inches)
Equiv .
Gear
Shaft Dia. 23.3 25.5 28.0 30.3 32.6 35.0
(inches
Gear
Weight 69,000 83,200 99,500 117,200 136,100 156,500
(pounds
Gear Face
Length 42.75 46.0 50.3 53.4 56.9 60.4
(inches
Allowable
Value of 13,800 16,640 19,900 23,440 27,220 31,300
+ (R - R 2 )
pounds
Propeller
Mass Moment 6 6 6 6 6 (
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. ,
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r<
I 2
(A)
*<
I 2
(B)
X
I 2 3 4
(O
FIG. 7
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,
. .
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Thus information for 165 related shaft systems was
R R2
l "
YX « Yx
l 2
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:
in the relationships
R
l - R 131 + ^-l*! + VA
R
2 " R 2 S 1 + h-2*l + Wfi
Combining and using the fact that Ion ^~\-o> by reciprocity,
gives
1 * u l-l 2-2'
follows:
supports are
and
(11) AR 2 = + 10.0(l 1 _ 2 + I 22 )
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.
remembering Ip.-i ~
*i p>
is tnen
(12) (AR
1
- AR
2
) » + 10.0(1^ - I _ )
2 2
numbers
influence numbers.
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reaction is
(18) AR 4 = -300.0(I _ ).
4 4
The above equations are for the two span system of Figure 7(a).
fluence numbers are used and the changes at the other bearings
are calculated.
lined requirements?
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1.5 diameters. For example, in the case
of bearing No. 3, this is
2
5.0(1.50D ) C (R + AR^) < 50.0(1.50D 2 ).
mote.
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6.0 RESULTS OF MINIMUM SPAN EVALUATION
and four span systems, Figure 7 (b) and (c), the follow-
+
2) Shaft diameter of l6.00 to
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This does not mean that shorter spans cannot be used since
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4
number of spans.
6. Summary
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that of the tailshaft since the stress due to bending
D , when
D « (1-n ) D
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of shaft diameter. These are only guides for maximum
all res
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TABLE IV
Brg.
Spans
L /D
2545678
18 14 14 14 14 14 14
9
14
10
14
ms
1^ /D 36 42 56 70 84 98 112 126 140
+
D = 16,00 to 30.00 Inches
Brg.
Spans 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
W
L
mc/
D
D 16
32
12
36
12
48
12
60
12
72
12
84
12
96
12
108
12
120
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7.0 STERN TUBE BEARINGS
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the use of a shorter stern tube. This
adverse effects.
only one stern tube bearing and was the reason weardown
seal operation.
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installation, it might be necessary to furnish temporary
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•
8o1 Background
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peller and shaft plus any applied moment . The procedure
S S
uy; T
TT7 E.L. P.S.
or
X )2X
(20)
N
< s
c
+
v p
Y.P.
< 2S
s
a
)2
+W (k S
b b>
2
+
E.L.
< 2k S
t sa 1
F7ST
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applied . It has been shown in laboratory tests that
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a superimposed alternating stress. At the present time
of the keyway.
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power transmission system each time it is started and
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00
o —
_o
t 1
r
SS381S XVW SS3UJ.S XVw
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stress conditions as represented on a modified Goodman
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an unpredicted early failure due to fatigue may
occur.
stress.
\|
(i-p)(s^) /\)[(kb )(s b+ps c )]% ^kt )(s sa tps 3 )]
(21) + ~~
fTST " Yl\ ETTT^
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9.0 SIZING OF THE TAILSHAFT
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the polynomial is available through use of nomographic
able.
1. Shaft Horsepower
2. Shaft RPM
3. Propeller Weight
4. Propeller Thrust
5. Propeller Overhang
and experience.
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.
diameter
. 521,000 ( SHP)
(22 ) Sfl
S
(1-iT) D^(RPM)
(25) s
« -
lf$$
(1-n )D
(24) S ots = K. (S
x
' sa Is <
10.187(F.S. .)WL
< 2 5> S
b
D ;~ W
(1-n*) D %
p
P P
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;
6 2
(26) D - N(D 5 ) - L(D ) + M - 0.0
where
2(F.S. 2
+ (642,000 K^SHP/RPM)
1
N "TFT (F.S, )W L )
d
(1-n )(E.L.)
-i2
1.273 T(F.S.)
(1-n )(Y.P.)
N< 642,000(SHP)(F.S.)
M
(l-n*)(RPM)(Y P o )
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stress fluctuations . It would have been most desirable
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Table IV can be used as a guide in span length selection.
cedure of Appendix A.
-53-
information it would be possible to correlate endurance
limit, low cycle stress fluctuations and maximum applied
stress.
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. . .
REFERENCES
;r-
(12) H. L. Seward, "Marine Engineering, Vol. I",
Society of Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers, New York, 1942.
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APPENDIX
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. . .
APPENDIX A
Hull Parameters
3. Propeller Weight (W )
lbs.
Design Parameters
Enter Figure A-l with (Y.P.) and (n) connect and mark
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Enter Figure A-2 with (K.) and SHP connect
C-Scale. C «
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Perfor •m the following calculations:
4
1. n
4 -
2. d-n ) a
4
3. N - C/(l-n ) 9 N
2
4. N /4 = K «
D
5. 4 »
10(l-n )
2
6. E « •
2 2
7. M m N /4 - E M
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shaft diameter to meet his own criteria of
of Equation 21.
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14
THRUST
FACTOR OF SAFETT 27 3(FS.)f
13 I
[
Z
YIELD POINT [[YP)(I-N J
124 10 TO 00 RATIO
ii 4
10
8
30
7 -E
40
6
bO
54 -60
4
^70 iE
= t-
- z
3
f80°
2-= E" Q
|-90 d
§- >-
I
§-100
v.X'-*
-60a-
2
80
100
-120
140
— 16
180
< - 200
O
l0
220
240
260
280
300
320
-340
360
380
400
FIG. A-
-60b-
-
o
— i
—3
— 4
—6
7
— 12
13
14
IS
— 16
— 17
— 18
19
< — 20
25
—2 I
1 22
23
24
20-
— 25
o
z 26
o
o 27
VI
us — 28
1.5-
— 29
30
31
32
1.0 1
33
34
35
36
-37
-38
-39
-40
-41
FIG.A-3
-42
-43
-44
-43
46
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^
————^ -50
^
-__ r
~"~-
— —
-45
"==
"~ — — —
~~j~-
^ ~-~^
~^^ '
__ - ^v
ro- --.
"^^-.
""-a ^-~.
es
~~~~
~~~~--=-
— ^^
"" s
--^ "^
^-.
^ -40
"^
5 60-
"E=
"~ — — -^^
-,
^^ "->.*.
^=v
x v.
^
~~^
—--.-,
-~--^^
^ "^ "^ N;-35 "
""*"**. *^ ^ %
\
IT
5 50-
~~-~ —
— L--.
.^ """^^
"^--^
"^^
^
^ ^Ip^
s
Ss
*
"^
N,
X %- 30 -
'
fc
2
45
-
^ V NX ^
.. t
"^-^
-^s
-v
^^i
*==
40 —
~^~~~^=.
"^—-..^
N ^^X
V N
^ ^^-S """^.^
^ ^.
"^^
25
* ^A% ^V V "^^^
35 ^~""t V \ \
X^ X
- N
^^
~"~~~
~- "~
=
xtX
^J-X X X
"^^ •
-t ^
X \
^ xl ---
30- ™s —
^^ ^ a
S«_
s*V
"--s,
^^ \
— --.««.
\iV S ^ v vt\-
-t
S
"^N^
*•
a-
^ v \
~~""~---.
"% \ V\ -
"""%; $ v
= "\ ^ N ^ V A V V\ £
--,
>
^
\
\
\
\
\ \
10
A \
\
^ N A V V £^A
n
= ^V v\ t
V X A 4 ^
^ A ^
r-
FIG. A-4 _
^ v
v A
\ a
_
r r r i
t it A AAA
C
l.
i
\- A-
-.
""N
V
VX V 5
4
A ^
4
J
I I
^ H
3 J ±V
^ A
A ^ J '
10 15 20
SCALE
-60d-
x 60
- *
— O
-60e-
i
9.0
8.0
48.0- 7.0
2
D - ND L0 + M
6.0
5.0
— 4.0
3.0
=-2.0
200 — 1.0
< 100
o
(A
-3 0.0
M- SCALE
FIG.A-6
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APPENDIX B
704.
-61-
of the section headed "THEORY" there appears an error
Sx 1 x
l
0. Ao
1 X d o Oo
02 2 12
ft o
£5 1 d
5 l/2 5 ° °
c?4 1 x
4
d d d
l4 2 4 ?4°
000 R,
•
- • * «
1 X d_ d„, d_
on n In 2n 3n
1111
cTL*. *flt> ^ >a* wm R.
n n
gives:
-62-
Letting a., represent the elements of the inverse
matrix
A, a a a a a
ll 12 13 l4 ] lm
0, a a a a a O a
2l 22 25 24 25 2m
a a a a a
51 52 55 34 35
OOO a
3m
R, L a a a a * a
£4
4l 42 45 44 45 4m
a o o ooo o
9 O • o
<yn
ooo o o
\ W a a a a
ta2 te3 ta4 to5
O O
mm
The first two rows of the inverted matrix give the de-
-63-
:
weight
r
i - 4*5i + 4^2 + £5*55 • . . . + 4%
Oo -
£^21 + 4 a22 + cT a
5 23
• • • • + 4 a2n
The remainder of the program write-up of the two re-
ferences is correct.
-64-
APPENDIX C
-65-
bearing loading, a larger diameter will tend to make
day ships.
3
64 SHP
D m
« o 95
u.Sfc
RpM
or
-66-
. . *
shaft system.
b. Gear weight - W
g
centrated weight.
AW - w - (£L )D2 Lf
g g
p «= Density of Steel,
lbs. /in.
-67-
. .
Propeller Dimensions
a. Propeller weight - W
b. Propeller overhang - L
stern bearing,
W r2
I = £ ; r = radius of gyration of
s the propeller
lengths
-68-
NOMENCLATURE PECULIAR TO APPENDIX D
2
A « Shaft cross-section area » ~w~> ln
7TD 4
J » Polar moment of inertia of shaft ^o"-* in °
-69-
t = Thrust deduction.
2
u = Shaft mass per Inch -
ST
J
-70-
-
APPENDIX D
-71-
.
components
S
s 2J
or
dd) s
s
. **$£&)
Steady Compressive Stress
S - ^
c A
cases i
Speed in knots, V, ._ « 20
Thrust deduction, t - o 2
-72-
— o :
or
(2d) S - 16.85
(2§)(|i)
V
1 61 10
^
'
(3d) s - 0.05 s - ^gg)
sa s
D
q HiOj.lb
b " y
b 21
2 2
or
2 2
s
b - ^t^p lp +
pV -)
1
-73-
:
was specified:
Class Bs steel:
30\ 11
^
/
f *
tH/
\ I
x
(L
p
T
+ §) +
o
rnl^
L T
+ §) + *(-§ +
i/f L I?
+ ^
7T 4
or upon rearranging
r 3-1
900EI
L
5 * £
r Hlff
2
8
-74-
The above equation was solved for length, L, for
5
b
W 21
D
-
"max
e
w La
12
-75-
^
or
2
L
(6d) S = -g- x 0.188
b
ing.
10 '
Class B Steel
Bending, k. 2.0
Torsion, k, « 1.9
-76-
Inserting these assumptions, in equation (7d) yields:
10
4 4l3X
< 8d > L l,72xl0 - ^(^)( |° +284RPM 2 )
e-037F\/^ J
2
\
3/T4xlO^/SHPx
Er~
This equation was solved for each of the study systems and
M.y
f - 187.7\| P
M.y"
y deflection, inches
-77-
flection curve must be calculated. Span length enters
only through calculation of the deflection curve,
cpm.
-78-
6. It should be reemphasized that the values listed
-79-
t, ;
TABLE V
Shaft
Diameter,
inches 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
Tallshaf ;
Factor of
Safety I.96 2.04 2.09 2.1 2.06 1.99 2.13 2,07 2,01 2.01 1.9 5
Max. Span
Length
inches 600 655 675 690 728 770 665 682 712 717 725
L VD
max
60 54.5 48.2 4^.1 40.4 38.5 30.8 28.4 27.3 25.6 24.1
Lineshaf t
Max. spar-
length,
inches
(from
strength) 351 385 420 449 476 498 526 552 574 589 609
L emax/D 25,1 J>2 ' 1 5 °'° 28 °° 26 5 24 9 25 9 2
' * ° ^° 22a 21 *° 20 -5
Max. Span
Length,
inches
(from
vitrations) 469 513 556 542 574 606 525 547 768 573 592
L 46 9 42 7 59 8 35 9 31 8 3 °° 5 25 9 22 8 21 8 20 4 19 7
° * ' ' ° ' ° ° ° °
emax/D
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