Committee on Azimuthing Podded Propulsion
 

1. Review and update Procedure 7.5-02-03-01.3 “Propulsion, Performance- Podded Propulsor Tests and Extrapolation”. Give special emphasis on how to scale housing drag and to the validation of full-scale propulsion prediction.

2. Continue the review of hydrodynamics of POD propulsion for special applications including fast ships, ice going ships (Liaise with the Ice committee) and special POD arrangements like Contrarotating Propellers (CRP) and hybrids. Include the practical application of computational methods to prediction and scaling.

3. Review and analyse the cavitation behaviour of podded propulsors. Emphasize high pod angles and normal steering angles including dynamic behaviour. Include the practical application of computational methods to prediction and scaling.

4. Review methods for the prediction of manoeuvring of ships with podded propulsion (including scaling effects) and investigate the application of manoeuvring criteria for them. Liaise with the Manoeuvring Committee.