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Offshore structures
Rising oil prices, increased environmental awareness and energy security issues are driving the rapid development…
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BALANCING OF V-ENGINES
Consider a symmetrical two cylinder V-engine, as shown in Fig.12.35. The common crank OC is driven by two connecting…
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Marine Engine Firing Order
Introduction to Marine Diesel Firing Order Marine main diesel engines can be two stroke or…
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Balancing of rotating masses
The balancing of rotating bodies is important to avoid vibration. In heavy industrial machines such as gas turbines and electric generators,…
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Difference Between Static Balance and Dynamic Balancing
Balancing of Rotating Bodies The balancing of rotating bodies is important to avoid vibration. Dynamic…
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What is Power Balancing of Marine Engines
The efficiency of the overall ship depends a lot on the efficiency of the engine…
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2WD vs AWD vs 4WD
Front-wheel drive Most passenger vehicles on the road today use front-wheel drive (FWD), where the…
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Gyroscopic Effects
Angular momentum is a vector and, therefore, has direction as well as magnitude. Torque affects both…
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Gyroscope
Gyroscope, device containing a rapidly spinning wheel or circulating beam of light that is used to detect the deviation…
