Submerged water-jet propulsion is a new development of traditional water-jet propulsion technology. The current study systematically analyzes the propulsion efficiency, the interaction between the hull and the water-jet and the specific speed of the propulsion pump based on the concept of this type of water-jet propulsion. It firstly establishes the mathematical modelling of the specific speed and the advance coefficient of the waterjet-propelled ship that are described by principal parameters of the hull and the propulsion system. The range of the speed and the specific speed of the propulsion pump for the submerged propulsion system has been demonstrated to reveal the mechanism of high efficiency. The variation of the main parameters of the propulsion system with the speed ratio and speed of revolution has been validated through case studies. It can provide a theoretical basis for the development and application of the submerged water-jet propulsion system.

A mixed-flow pump equipped on a high-speed ship has been studied by using the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) method combined with the Lighthill acoustic analogy equation based on the STAR-CCM+ software. The jet wake field and the noise characteristics corresponding to different immersion depths are studied by adjusting the ship draught. The numerical simulation method of the integrated flow field of the ship and pump and the noise calculation method of the jet wake field are established for the mooring condition. The influence of the jet immersion depth on the wake is investigated by the simulation of the flow field. It is concluded that the underwater jet has less energy dissipation and weaker wake flow characteristics than the surface jet, and reduced hydrodynamic noise with the increase of the immersion depth after complete immersion. It can provide significant references for the development of the water-jet propulsion and even the comprehensive ship stealth technology.

The transient vibration of the crankshaft and the coupling characteristics of the bearing lubrication are studied in this paper. The overall finite element modeling of the crankshaft is established based on the finite beam element method. The lubrication characteristics of the dynamically loaded sliding bearing with consideration of the effect of journal misalignment are calculated by the finite difference method. A general and fast modeling and calculation method is proposed to achieve the parametric modeling of the overall system of piston-connecting rod-crankshaft-oil film-bearing. The dynamics of the crankshaft and the lubrication characteristics of the main bearing of the 4102 diesel engine are studied. The elastohydrodynamic lubrication of the crankshaft-bearing system is calculated and analyzed by using the dynamic deformation calculation method rather than the flexibility matrix method.