Latest advances in Voith Schneider propulsion systems

摘要

The vertical axis cycloidal or Voith Schneider propeller (VSP) has by no means reached the limit of its development, according to engineers from Voith Turbo Marine, who presented a paper in March this year at the International Tug and Salvage Convention, held in Miami. Although much of the presentation concerned tugs, which are outside the scope of this journal, it is interesting to note that for owners wishing to incorporate the VSP system on other ship types such as ferries - a popular market sector, modern design tools such as the latest computational fluid dynamic (CFD) methods enable hydrodynamics to be continuously improved, and new blade profiles with higher efficiency have been developed.