Marine Propulsors

Dear Colleagues,

Marine propulsors are key components of the many thousands of ships operating in oceans, lakes, and rivers around the world. The performance of propulsors are vital for efficiency, environmental impact, safety of the ships. Propulsor performance is also important for crew and passenger comfort. New types of propulsors, with electric drives, flexible blades, and multi-stage propellers require new knowledge and improved tools. Innovative main or auxiliary propulsor types, using renewable energy from waves or winds, are also being commercialized. The improvement of computers and computational fluid dynamics creates new opportunities for advanced design and performance prediction, and new instrumentation and data collection techniques enable more advanced experimental techniques. This Special Issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is devoted to bringing the latest developments in research and technical developments regarding hydrodynamic aspects of marine propulsors, to the benefit of both academics and industry. This Special Issue is intended to follow up the success of the latest Symposium on Marine Propulsors in Helsinki, Finland, June 2017, by inviting extended or improved versions of the papers presented at the symposium. We also invite completely new contributions.

Prof. Dr. Sverre Steen
Prof. Dr. Kourosh Koushan
Guest Editors

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