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Titanic Facts - Ocean Liners of the World

Categories : Marine history

It may be known as the best of the best when it comes to ocean liners but in actual fact how innovative is this ship. This article takes you through …

What is Kaplan Turbine? Propeller Turbine. Types of Hydraulic Turbines

Categories : Fluid mechanics & how it relates to mechanical engineering

Kaplan Turbine is designed for low water head applications. Kaplan Turbine has propeller like blades but works just reverse. Instead of displacing the …

Diesel marine engines - Cylinder liner construction of MAN KZ series ship engine

Categories : Marine machinery, engines & controls

Man has always been fond of machines and MAN (The German Engineering Company) is fond of building various machineries including marine propulsion …

Diesel marine engines - How to choose the right engine for the ship?

Categories : Marine machinery, engines & controls

We all know that the heart of the ship is its main engine.A ship cannot run without its main engine. But how can we say that a particular engine is …

Free Tutorial: Free Advanced Pro Engineer Tutorial: Sweep and Variable Section Sweep

Categories : Cad and auto cad

Pro engineer provide some advanced feature which may not be used very frequently but very useful for some typical cases of design. Variable section …

Learn Pro Engineer: Overview of Sheet Metal Design using Pro Engineer

Categories : Cad and auto cad

Pro engineer is considered to be the leading software for sheet metal design. Like surfacing of catia, sheet metal design module of pro engineer is …

marine diesel engines and speed measurement using tachometer

Categories : Marine machinery, engines & controls

Speed of a rotating shaft or motor needs to be measured as this has several practical uses. For example on a ship a navigating officer at the bridge …