SHIP ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B63H25/00 B63H25/42 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ship active control equipment, particularly, to auxiliary thrust devices. Ship active control system comprises thrust unit and drive engine articulated therewith. Drive engine is arranged in ship hull. Thrust unit comprises nacelle and propeller screw fitted on propeller shaft. Thrust unit is arranged in ship hull transverse channel. Propeller screw flow shapers are arranged at transverse channel outlets. Flow shapers are made up of taper shaped nozzle formed by propeller screw flow shaper lugs. The latter are secured on fixed annular wing and bent toward direction of propeller screw rotation.

EFFECT: maximum propulsive factor, optimum propulsion-steering force, better controllability.

5 cl, 3 dwg