Michael Schmiechen, Berlin

Bibliography on propulsion

Last update: 2017.11.04

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Schmiechen, M.: Future Ship Powering Trials and Monitoring Now!
Principles of rational conventions further clarified,
consistently applied in a particularly delicate case and lessons (to be) learned.
A letter to my colleagues and my students and to whom it may or must concern,
ship owners, ship buyers and ship builders, member organisations of the STA Group
and governing bodies and pertinent committees of ITTC; ISO and IMO in particular.
VWS Mitteilungen Heft 62, post mortem, Berlin 2013.
See pages 1-44 in Volume 1 of the 'Festschrift'.

Schmiechen, M.: 50 Years Rational Theory of Propulsion. Recent Results and Perspectives. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Marine Propulsors smp 2009, Trondheim, Norway, June 22-24, 2009. Proceedings 1st SMP (2009) 117-128. See also Paper and Presentation.

Schmiechen, M.: Propulsor Hydrodynamics. Theme lecture. Presented at the International Conference on Marine Hydrodynamics, MAHY 2006, held January 05 to 07 at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory at Visakhapatnam, India. Proc. Int'l Conference in Marine Hydrodynamics 2006, Vol.2, 611-631. See also Paper, Handout and Presentation.

Schmiechen, M.: 25 Jahre Rationale Theorie der Propulsion. Fritz Horn zum 125. Geburtstag. Prepared for the STG Summer Meeting at Magdeburg 17.-19.05.2005, which had to be cancelled. The paper has been presented at the 100th STG Annual Meeting at Berlin, held November 16 to 18, 2005. With many references to files containing detailed derivations of results. Jahrbuch STG (2005), to be published. See also Paper and Presentation. Closely related is the foregoing theme lecture.

Schmiechen, M.: Beitraege der VWS zur Erforschung der Propulsion und Bewegungen von Schiffen. STG-Nr. 3010, VWS Mitteilungen Heft 60, post mortem, Berlin 2003, pp. 139-202. See also Paper, Slides and Complete Presentation.

Original papers and reports and some discussions

Schmiechen, M.: MARIC Lectures On the Rational Theory of Ship Hull-Propeller Interaction and its Applications. Evaluation of trials, design of ducted propellers, with in-depth notes on systems identification: towards future testing techniques and facilities. Lecture Notes published on the occasion of a course on Marine Propulsion held at the Marine Design and Research Institute of China, MARIC, Shanghai, May 26-31, 2004, with participants from Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute, China Ship Scientific Research Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. VWS Mitteilungen Heft 61, post mortem, Berlin 2004. In memoriam Versuchsanstalt fuer Wasserbau und Schiffbau, Berlin. Largely improved and extended version of following publications.
See MARIC Lectures.
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Schmiechen, M.: Rational Evaluation of Traditional and Quasisteady Ship Speed Trials. Published on the occasion of the 23rd ITTC Venice 2002 and the Centenary of VWS, the Berlin Model Basin, in 2003. VWS Mitteilungen Heft 58 (2002), post mortem, Berlin 2002. In memoriam Versuchsanstalt fuer Wasserbau und Schiffbau, Berlin.
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Schmiechen, M.: Lecture Notes on the Rational Theory of Ship Hull-Propeller Interaction and its applications, with additional in-depth notes on systems identification and on models and methods in ship science. Published on the occasion of a course on Marine Propulsion organised by the Advanced Product Design and Prototyping Cell (APDAP), at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, held at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam, April 07 to 11, 2003. VWS Mitteilungen Heft 59 (2003), post mortem, Berlin 2003. In memoriam Versuchsanstalt fuer Wasserbau und Schiffbau, Berlin. The following publication is a largely improved and extended version of these Lecture Notes: Abstract, with live links to all the material.

Schmiechen, M.: Rational Evaluations of Traditional and Quasisteady Ship Speed Trials. Published on the occasion of the 23rd ITTC at Venice 2002 and of the Centenary of VWS, the Berlin Model Basin, in 2003. Mitteilungen der VWS, Heft 58, post mortem, in memoriam Versuchsanstalt fuer Wasserbau und Schiffbau, Berlin, 2002. See the image of the introductory chapter.
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Schmiechen, M.: Contribution concerning a prososed ISO Standard "Guidelines for the assessment of ship speed and power performance by means of speed trials". See Proposal with Cover letter, Data of example 1, Evaluation of example 1, Data of example 2, Evaluation of example 2, Discussion, Logics: paper, Logics: presentation, Request for data and Further evaluation together with example 21010_data_mod and 21010_eval_mod including reduction to the no wind condition. See also the re-evaluation of the new ISO/CD 15016 example.

Schmiechen, M.: Discussion on papers by the Triantafyllou brothers concerning fish propulsion. See Scientific American discussion '95 and SNAME discussion '96.

Schmiechen, M.: Ship Hull Resistance and Thrust Deduction Fraction from Overload Tests Alone. In: Advanced Lectures on Recurring Topics. Unpublished Papers. Berlin, March 1992. See Thrust deduction axioms. Editor: Lehrgebiet Hydromechanische Systeme am Institut fuer Schiffs und Meerestechnik der Technischen Universitaet Berlin, apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Schmiechen.
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Schmiechen, M.: Ueber die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Schiffsrumpf und -propeller. Rostocker Schiffstechnisches Symposium 1991. Rostock, 30.09.-02.10.1991.

Schmiechen, M.: The Propulsive Performance of METEOR and Her Model identified from quasisteady propulsion tests.
Soft draft of a paper proposed for presentation at the annual meeting SNAME at New York in November 1991. See Soft Draft.
TUB/Archive: Draft as submitted and draft with notes of two different referees, one of them Prof. Martin Abkowitz.

Schmiechen, M.: 2nd International Workshop on the Rational Theory of Ship Hull-Propeller Interaction and its Applications (2nd INTERACTION Berlin '91). Proceedings. Berlin: Eigenverlag der VWS, 1991. Mitteilungen der VWS, Heft 56, 1991. See Title, Invitation, Program, Participants, METEOR report, Report Fig 20-26, Basic program, Oral discussions and Written discussions.
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Schmiechen, M.: The Method of Quasisteady Propulsion and Its Trial on Board the METEOR. VWS-Report No. 1184/91, 1991.
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Schmiechen, M.: Die Methode der Quasistationaeren Propulsion und ihre Erprobung auf der METEOR. VWS-Bericht Nr. 1180/90, 1990. Abschlussbericht zum BMFT-Vorhaben 524-3892 MTK 0431 0/A0.
TUB/Archive: All related notes and material.

Schmiechen, M.: Quasistationaere Propulsionsversuche mit der METEOR. In: Germanischer Lloyd (Herausgeber): Entwicklungen in der Schiffstechnik, BMFT-Statusseminar (Hamburg 1989). Koeln: TueV Rheinland, 1989, 87/105.

Schmiechen, M.: Quasistationaere Propulsionsversuche mit der METEOR. STG-Sprechtag: Betriebsmessungen an Bord (Berne, 15. Maerz 1989). STG 83 (1989) 56: Hinweis auf den folgenden Beitrag.

Schmiechen, M.: Quasistationaere Propulsionsversuche mit der METEOR. STG Sommertagung Berlin, 16. Mai 1989. STG 83 (1989) 120/126.

Schmiechen, M.: Ermittlung von Nachstrom und Sog aus quasistationaeren Propulsionsversuchen allein. Abschlussbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 1105/88, 1988; FDS-Bericht Nr. 194/1988.
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Schmiechen, M.: Wake and Thrust Deduction from Quasisteady Ship Model Propulsion Tests Alone. VWS Report No. 1100/87, 1987. Published on occasion of a visit to Korean and Japanese ship research institutes and the 18th ITTC at Kobe in October 1987 and in commemoration of the 4th ITTC at Berlin in May 1937.
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Schmiechen, M.: Ship Model Tests with Boundary Layer Suction. VWS-Report No. 1071/86.

Schmiechen, M.: Schiffsmodellversuche mit Grenzschichtbeeinflussung durch Absaugung. VWS-Bericht Nr. 1021/85, 1985; FDS-Bericht Nr. 163/1985.

Schmiechen, M.: Wake and Thrust Deduction from Propulsion Tests Alone. A Rational Theory of Ship Hull-Propeller Interaction. Proc. 15th Symp. on Naval Hydrodynamics (1984) S. 481/500.

Schmiechen, M.: Ueber Weiterentwicklungen des Vorschlages 'Nachstrom und Sog aus Propulsionsversuchen allein'. Schiff und Hafen 34 (1982) Nr. 1, 91/92.

Schmiechen, M.: Nachstrom und Sog aus Propulsionsversuchen allein. Eine rationale Theorie der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Schiffsrumpf und -propeller. STG 74 (1980) 333/351.

Schmiechen, M. (1970): Über die Bewertung hydromechanischer Propulsionssysteme. Schiffstechnik 17 (1970) 89, 91-94.

Schmiechen, M.: Eine axiomatische Theorie der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Schiffsrumpf und -propeller. Fritz Horn zum 100. Geburtstag gewidmet. Schiffstechnik 27 (1980) Nr. 2, 67/99.

Schmiechen, M.: Performance Criteria for Pulse-Jet Propellers. Proc. 7th Symp. on Naval Hydrodynamics (Rome, 1968) 1085/1104.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung von instationaeren Vortriebsorganen von Binnenschiffen. 5. Fortschrittsbericht, zugleich Abschlussbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 420/68, 1968.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung ueber Gas-Stahlantriebe fuer Wasserfahrzeuge. 11. Fortschrittsbericht, zugleich Abschlussbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 371/67, 1967.

Schmiechen, M.: Diskussionsbeitrag zu: Grim, O.: Propeller und Leitrad. STG 60 (1966) 228/229.

Schmiechen, M.: Ansaetze zu einer allgemeinen Strahltheorie hydrodynamischer Reaktionsantriebe in idealen Fluessigkeiten. 1965?. Unpublished manuscript (182 pages).

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchungen ueber die hydrodynamischen Massen an Schiffen. 4. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 296/65.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchungen ueber die hydrodynamischen Massen an Schiffen. 3. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 291/65, 1965.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung ueber Gas-Strahlantriebe fuer Wasserfahrzeuge. 8. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 283/64, 1964.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung des Luftkissenprinzips auf seine Anwendbarkeit bei Binnenschiffen. VWS-Bericht Nr. 276/64, 1964.

Schmiechen, M.: ueber ein allgemeines Modell freifahrender Reaktionsantriebe in idealer unendlich ausgedehnter Fluessigkeit. 1963?. Unpublished manuscript.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung instationaerer Vortriebsorgane von Binnenschiffen. 4. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 242/63, 1963.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung ueber Gas-Strahlantriebe fuer Wasserfahrzeuge. 4. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 238/63, 1963. 'Anti-Schwechheimer'.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung ueber Gas-Strahlantriebe fuer Wasserfahrzeuge. 4. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 238/63, 1963. 'Anti-Schwechheimer'.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung ueber Gas-Strahlantriebe fuer Wasserfahrzeuge. 2. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 230/62, 1962.

Schmiechen, M.: Untersuchung von instationaeren Vortriebsorganen von Binnenschiffen. 2. Fortschrittsbericht. VWS-Bericht Nr. 181/61, 1961.

Dernedde, R., M. Schmiechen und H. J. Schwechheimer: Ueber Probleme des Wasserstrahlantriebs. STG-Vortrag Gruppenvortrag mit Experimenten. VWS-Bericht Nr. 177/60, 1960.

Schmiechen, M.: Investigations into the stability of vortex streets. 1960. Unpublished notes.
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