The design of marine engines and auxiliaries (1916)
Bragg, Edward Milton, b. 1874 · New York, D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 76
twogeneral types, the forked marine type and the straight land type.The latter t>^e of rod, see Fig. 31, is used upon some ships on DESIGN OF ENGINE PARTS 63 the Great Lakes but the forked t>pe is the most common else-where. The forked type of rod can be divided into two classes:(i) in which… … Fig. 3] 63. Diameter of Connecting Rod. — The connecting rodshould be figured as a column and Formula (12) can be used forfinding the diameter, //, at the middle of its length. The length of the connecting rod is usually between 4 r and 5 r; i.e., - = 4 r to 5. The usual ratio is 4.5 but in naval…
Marine engines
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