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The object of this thesis is to study the vibration behaviour of the propulsive shafting system induced by a rotating marine propeller carrying single or multiple eccentric concentrated masses. To this end, the entire propulsive shafting system is firstly represented as a three-degree-of-freedom torsional-and-lateral-coupled vibration system. Then, the expressions for total kinetic energy and total potential energy of the entire propulsive shafting system are derived. Next, based on the theory of Lagrange’s equations, the equations of motion of the entire propulsive shafting system are derived and the mass matrix, damping matrix, stiffness matrix and external force vector of the entire vibrating system are determined. Finally, the forced vibration responses of the propulsion shafting system are obtained by solving the last equations of motion with Newmark direct integration method. Some factors closely relating to the current research topic, such as mass, total number and distribution of eccentric concentrated mass, etc, are investigated. From the numerical results, it is found that the influence of eccentric mass(es) of the propeller on the vibration characteristics of the propulsive shafting system is significant.
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