“…The only common feature is that in both cases the final verification is to be carried out afloat. Designing the elastic line of the propulsion shafting of a new built ship is subject only to the constraints resulting from the physics of the very procedure, described in detail in the available literature [1,3,4,6,7,8,12,13,15]. For instance, all bearings must have reactions directed upwards; they must not be overloaded; the shafting must not transfer excessive internal forces (transverse forces and bending moment onto gearbox flange or directly-coupled engine); the greatest acceptable bearing offsets are limited by their clearance, etc.…”