# US 2013/0158781 A1 · Method and device for evaluating shafting alignment of ship

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- Number: US 2013/0158781 A1
- Document ID: US20130158781A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/719,632
- Filed: 2012-12-19
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2009-04-03
- Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
- Inventors: Iwao Sugimoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158781A1

## CPC

- G01M 17/00: Testing of vehicles (testing fluid tightness G01M3/00; testing elastic properties of bodies or chassis, e.g. torsion-testing, G01M5/00; testing alignment of vehicle headlight devices G01M11/06; testing of engines G01M15/00)
- B63B 71/00: Designing vessels; Predicting their performance
- B63B 71/10: using computer simulation, e.g. finite element method [FEM] or computational fluid dynamics [CFD]
- B63H 23/34: Propeller shafts; Paddle-wheel shafts; Attachment of propellers on shafts
- G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06)
- B63H: MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles B60V1/14; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, B63G; specially adapted for torpedoes F42B19/00)

## Abstract

An evaluation map showing the allowable ranges (A) of the crank deflection and bearing loads determined according to the inclination of the crankshaft of an engine and the intermediate shaft is prepared beforehand. When the engine is installed in a ship, the inclination of the shafts within the allowable ranges can be easily known. While the ship is in service, the shafting alignment of the ship can be evaluated by merely measuring the inclination of the crankshaft and the intermediate shaft.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An evaluating device for evaluating an alignment of drive shafting of a ship including a crankshaft of an engine, an intermediate shaft, and a propeller shaft, the evaluating device comprising:
a data input unit for inputting specification data of the drive shafting, data regarding an evaluation condition and an inclination of the crankshaft of the engine and an inclination of the intermediate shaft, and data regarding hull deformation due to variations in draft and hull deformation due to thermal expansion of the engine;
a bearing position calculating unit for calculating respective bearing positions of the crankshaft, the intermediate shaft and the propeller shaft using the specification data;
a shafting displacement calculating unit for calculating a displacement at a predetermined portion of the crankshaft using the bearing positions calculated by the bearing position calculating unit and data regarding the crankshaft and the intermediate shaft among the specification data;
an evaluation index calculating unit for calculating an evaluation index using the displacement calculated by the shafting displacement calculating unit;
an evaluating unit for performing an evaluation by comparing the evaluation index calculated by the evaluation index calculating unit and the evaluation condition; and
an output unit for outputting an evaluation result obtained by the evaluating unit, wherein
the bearing position calculating unit includes a bearing height calculating unit for calculating a bearing height with respect to a height reference position and a bearing horizontal position calculating unit for calculating a horizontal position of a bearing with respect to a horizontal reference position,
the shafting displacement calculating unit outputs a displacement of a portion corresponding to an intersection of a crank arm and a journal as well as displacements of respective bearings,
the evaluation index calculating unit includes a crank deflection calculating unit for calculating vertical and horizontal crank deflections based on the displacement of the portion corresponding to the intersection and a bearing load calculating unit for calculating a bearing load based on the displacements of the bearings,
the evaluating unit includes a crank deflection evaluating unit for performing an evaluation by comparing the vertical and horizontal crank deflections calculated by the evaluation index calculating unit with respective evaluation conditions and a bearing load evaluating unit for performing an evaluation by comparing the bearing load calculated by the evaluation index calculating unit with an evaluation condition, and
the output unit includes an evaluation map creating unit for outputting an evaluation map which displays an evaluation result of an evaluation of the crank deflection by a combination of the inclination of the crank shaft and the inclination of the intermediate shaft integrated with an evaluation of the bearing load on a plane of two-dimensional coordinates.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The evaluating device of a shafting alignment of a ship according to claim 1, wherein at least a printing unit or a display screen unit of the data input unit and the output unit is provided at a terminal, and other components are provided at a server device connected to the terminal via a network.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The evaluating device of a shafting alignment of a ship according to claim 1, wherein the bearing portion calculating unit includes a combination generating unit for generating, when the data regarding the inclination of the crankshaft and the inclination of the intermediate shaft are respectively inputted as numerical ranges, combination data of the inclination within the numerical ranges and calculates a bearing position for a combination of the inclination generated by the combination generating unit.