PRINCIPLES OF NAVAL ENGINEERING 



Propellers-continued 

 size, 90 



thrust deduction, 90 

 Propulsion boilers, 230-275 



boiler casualty control, 271-274 

 boiler water requirements, 261-265 

 classification, 232-235 

 combustion requirements, 265-267 

 components, 235-245 

 definitions, 230-232 

 fireroom efficiency, 269 

 fireroom operations, 267-269 

 maintenance, 274 

 types of, 245-261 

 Propulsion machinery arrangement, 193-195 

 Propulsion plants, other types, 541 

 Propulsion steam turbines, 319-347 



components and accessories, 328-333 

 nozzles, 319-321 



steam turbine propulsion plant, 333-347 

 turbine classification, 324-327 

 turbine design-basic principles, 321-324 

 Propulsive power-development and transmis- 

 sion, 85-103 

 bearings, 93-98 

 flexible couplings, 100-103 

 power requirements, 87 

 propellers, 88-93 

 propulsion shafting, 98 

 reduction gears, 99 

 Pump capacity, 392 



Pumps and forced draft blowers, 391-421 

 forced draft blowers, 414-421 

 pumps, 391-414 



centrifugal, 407-410 

 jet, 411 



mixed-flow, 411 

 propeller, 410 

 reciprocating, 396-400 

 rotary, 403-407 

 variable stroke, 400-403 



Radiation and optical pyrometers, 134 

 Radioactivity, 616-618 

 Radiological decontamination, 79 

 Reactor control, principles of, 625 

 Reactor coolants, 621 

 Reactor fuels, 621 

 Reactor principles, 620 

 Receiver-R-12, 479 



Reciprocating air compressors, 441-446 

 Reciprocating engines, 543-577 

 basic principles, 543 



Reciprocating engines-Continued 



combustion cycles, 548-554 



combustion gases on pistons, 554 



components, 555-577 



mechanical cycles, 544-548 

 Reciprocating pumps, 396-400 

 Reducing valves, 377 

 Reduction gears, shafting and bearings-care of, 



103-109 

 Reflectors, 622 



Refrigeration and air conditioning plants, 471- 

 491 



air conditioning, 482-491 



refrigeration, 471-482 



safety precautions, 491 

 Relief valves, 377 



Remote control systems for steering gears, 524 

 Remote operating gear-valves, 384-386 

 Repair parties, 62 

 Resistance thermometers, 134 

 Resonance tachometers, 148 

 Rotary-centrifugal air compressors, 446-449 

 Rotary pumps, 403-407 

 R-12 plant, 473-482 



Sensors, 644-647 



Sentinel valves, 377 



Settling tanks, 118 



Ship design and construction, 15-33 



basic design considerations, 15 



basic ship structure, 17-26 



geometry of the ship, 29-33 



ship compartmentation, 26-29 



ship flotation, 16 

 Ship propulsion and steering-fundamentals of, 

 85-111 



care of reduction gears, shafting and bear- 

 rings, 103-109 



propulsive power, development and trans- 

 mission of, 85-103 



resistance, 85 



safety precautions, 109-111 



steering. 111 

 Shipboard electrical systems, 492-519 



A-C generators, 505-507 



alternating current theory, 503 



basic theory, 492 



degaussing installations, 518 



direct-current circuits, 495-500 



direct-current generators, 500-502 



direct-current motors, 502 



gyrocompasses, 518 



power distribution system, 509-516 



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