• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2008

Bearing damages by shaft misalignment have frequently been happened in marine ships. Specially. after stern tube bearing damage and failure for large crude oil carriers have been reported several times. However. the bearing reaction of the after stern tube bearing cannot be measured by jack-up test due to the hull structure condition. Therefore, when the jack-up test is used for the bearing reaction measurements, the bearing reaction for the after stern tube bearing obtained from the theoretical calculation method have to be used. In this paper, the shaft alignment on the large oil crude carrier is theoretically calculated and the differences between the calculated and actual installed bearing reaction values are compared. The bearing reactions for forward stern tube bearing and intermediate bearing are calculated by the simple formula using the strain gauge bending moments obtained from the measurements. Their reliability is confirmed by comparing the bearing reactions from jack-up test and the bearing reaction for after stern tube bearing is calculated by the same test. Also, the bearing reactions on the after stern tube bearing, forward stern tube bearing and intermediate shaft bearing under all operating conditions are calculated by using the bending moments obtained from the measurements and it is confirmed that the differences of the bearing reaction for all operating conditions are caused from hull deflection. The results of this study should prove useful for the future projects of the alignment calculation including the hull deflection effectiveness.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2021

Together with the emerging of the Eco-ship, the application of large-diameter and high-efficiency propeller required more careful attention than before in the design of the shafting system. After the adoption of Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EAL) to the stern tube lubrication oil, a number of aft stern tube bearing accidents have been reported, and a variety of institutions have actively conducted research on the cause relationship. This study attempted to find the cause of the accident by measuring the alignment of the shafting system of a medium-sized product/chemical tanker with aft stern tube bearing damage and analyzing the reaction force of each bearing. In addition, a reasonable solution to the correction of the shaft alignment was suggested and the feasibility was reviewed. Through various measured data and analysis, the actual installation of shafting system was slightly different from the design drawing condition, but it was found that each bearing load distribution was within the allowable range. Therefore, it was confirmed that the cause of this accident was due to the dissatisfaction the misalignment slope of aft stern tube bearing rather than the effect of the bearing overload. As a solution to this cause, countermeasures such as double slope were suggested in the aft stern tube bearing, and the characteristics of EAL also seem to have an indirect effect.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.723-732
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• 2020

A theoretical calculation model for ship stern bearings with large hull deformation is established and validated theoretically and experimentally. A hull simulation model is established to calculate hull deformations corresponding to the reaction force of stern bearings under multi-factor and multi-operating conditions. The results show that in the condition of wave load, hull deformation shows randomness; the aft stern tube bearing load obeys the Gaussian distribution and its value increases significantly compared with the load under static, and the probability of aft stern tube bearing load greater than 1 is 65.7%. The influence laws and levels between hull deformation and bearing reaction force are revealed, and suggestions for ship stern bearing specifications are proffered accordingly.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.645-652
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• 2016

At the initial stage of propulsion shaft design, in line with shaft alignment, an intensified consideration of lateral vibration is needed to verify its operational safety. Recently the alignment problem affecting the lateral vibration has been becoming issues. However, the theoretical method of forced lateral vibration analysis is not cleary established so far and it is about to simply limited among the classification societies and international standards to avoid the blade natural frequency resonance cpm outside of ${\pm}20%$ of engine rpm at MCR. On the other hand, longer center distance between each support bearing shows an affirmative result normally in shaft alignment analysis whereas the blade order resonance speed may cause lowering near the limitation in the aspect of lateral vibration. Therefore, it is required careful attention to engineers as described above. As a method to solve the problem, it is mainly considered that remove forward stern tube bearing. In this paper, based on a medium size container ship case, theoretical study was carried out in the context of the forward stern tube bearing. The various effects and functions of forward stern tube bearing are reviewed and evaluated. Then an guidance note to lead the conclusion is proposed.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2005년도 후기학술대회논문집
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• pp.3-4
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• 2005

With an increase in the size and power rate of ship, the stern tube bearing has become subject to severer operation conditions. Particularly it is expected to be exposed to extremely so severe lubrication conditions during low rotational operation that there is strong demand for clarifying the oil film characteristics of the stern tube bearing at the design stage with accuracy. So in this study, we conducted an analysis of the stern tube bearing characteristics taking arbitrary three-dimensional deflection of the shaft into consideration.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2009

In this paper, based on the measured data of hull deflection, an approximated hull deflection curve is drawn using reverse analyzed hull deflection data and the estimation method for flexibility analysis of shaft alignment is proposed by use of the approximate hull deflection curve. Generally an offset value of after stern tube bearing is a datum point with an fore stern tube bearing however the shaft alignment has a tendency which is able to get higher flexibility if the shafting system has the deflection value from after stern tube bearing as reference to bottom direction according to results of on this study. By applying this result of study, the shaft alignment for next similar ships will be able to estimate how to follow the hull deflection and how to be influenced by hull deflection at shaft alignment analysis state using the approximated hull deflection curve.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.482-488
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• 2018

선박 축계는 프로펠러 하중의 영향으로 선미관 후부베어링의 국부하중 증가가 현저히 나타나 축계 선미관 베어링 손상의 위험이 증대된다. 이를 방지하기 위해 수행된 추진축계 정렬연구는 주로 준정적 상태(quasi-static condition)에서 축과 지지베어링간의 상대적 경사각을 감소시키는데 중점을 두어 진행되어 왔다. 그러나 보다 상세한 평가를 위해서는 동적상태를 추가로 고려하는 것이 필요하다. 4,700 DWT 선박을 대상으로 NCR로 운전중 급속으로 우현 전타할 때 추진축계가 받는 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 연구결과 선미 유동장 변화에 의해 프로펠러 편심추력이 과도 상태가 되어 프로펠러에 불평형 진동이 유발되는 것을 확인하였다. 우현 전타시의 프로펠러 편심추력은 NCR 조건대비 축을 선미관 베어링으로부터 들어 올리는 힘으로 작용하여 선미관 베어링 하중완화에 기여하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2015

In the beginning of the 1990's, numerous shaft bearing damages, especially in aft stern tube bearing, were reported. The main reasons of bearing damages were estimated that hull deflections have been increased by more flexible hulls and propeller dynamic loads have not been considered in shaft alignment. After that time, studies to take into account hull deflections in shaft alignment have been actively carried out, but for the latter leave much to be desired. In this study, the effects of the propeller forces on the propeller shaft bearing have been investigated by estimating thrust eccentricity as reasonable as possible although some assumptions to simulate turning of ship were introduced. Three dimensional nominal wake to estimate thrust eccentricity have been calculated by using CFD analysis and model test in the towing tank. This study presents the procedure to estimate the propeller eccentric forces and their influence on the stern tube bearing for a container carrier. As a result, it has been found that the lateral propeller forces in turning condition should be considered in shaft alignment to prevent shaft bearing damages.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.653-660
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• 2010

선미관 베어링은 프로펠러가 회전할 시 슬립을 방지하기 위하여 충분한 간섭량을 가지고 캐스팅에 강제 압입되어야 한다. 선미관 베어링을 캐스팅에 강제 압입 시에 필요한 힘을 계산할 때 사용되어지는 공식은 업체별로 각각 다르며, 계산 시 사용되어지는 요소들의 값도 상이하다. 이에 따라 조선소에서 선미관 베어링 강제 압입력을 계산할 때에는 업체별로 제시된 공식과 재질에 따라 고려되어지는 요소들의 값을 사용하지만 간섭량은 조선소의 경험에 기반한 값을 표준으로 사용하고 있다. 본 논문은 강제 압입법에 의한 시공시에 선미관 베어링에 사용되어지는 피팅관계식을 검토하여 선미관 베어링 업체별로 제시되어지는 값을 기반으로 한 결과를 실제 값과 비교하였다. 그 결과 업체별로 제시한 식이 두께가 두꺼운 실린더 이론을 이용하였음을 알 수 있었다. 특히 J사 및 B사의 경우에는 K사와는 달리 두께가 두꺼운 실린더 이론을 근간으로 하였지만, 두께가 얇은 실린더의 경우에도 사용할 수 있도록 변형하여 사용하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한조선학회 특별논문집
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• 대한조선학회 2005년도 특별논문집
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• pp.134-137
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• 2005

Recently, in VLCC, shafting system is stiffer due to large engine power whereas hull structure is more flexible due to scantling optimization, which can be suffered from alignment damage by incompatibility between shafting and hull, In this study, shafting system without stern tube forward bush was adapted for less sensitive system against external factors. Also, shaft alignment analysis was considered with hull deflection at various ship loading conditions and stern tube after bush of long journal bearing was evaluated by static squeezing pressure and dynamic oil film pressure with sloping control. Whirling vibration was also reviewed to avoid resonance with propeller blade order. So, reliable shafting design for VLCC could be achieved through optimized alignment analysis for the system without stern tube forward bush.