IS 8215 : Part 2 : 2007 /ISO 3715-2 : 2001 Ships and Marine Technology - Propulsion Plants for Ships - Part 2 : Vocabulary for Controllable-Pitch Propeller Plants

National Foreword

This Indian Standard (Part 2) (First Revision) which is identical with ISO 3715-2:2001 ?Ships and marine technology - Propulsion plants for ships - Part 2: Vocabulary for controllable-pitch propeller plants? issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Shipbuilding Sectional Committee and approval of the Transport Engineering Division Council.

This standard was first brought out in 1976. The present revision has been undertaken to harmonize with current international practices. Now this standard has being brought out in two parts as given under and covers vocabulary of related terms more exhaustively: Other part of this standard is as given below:

Part 1 Vocabulary for geometry of propellers (first revision)

The text of the ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ?International Standard? appear referring to this standard, they shouldbe read as ?Indian Standard?.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practiceis to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.

In this adopted standard, reference appears to the following International Standard for which Indian Standard also exists. The corresponding Indian Standard, which is to be substituted in its place is given below along with its degree of equivalence for the edition indicated: