MARINE RUDDERS AND CONTROL SURFACESAnthony Molland
Contents
PART ONE
PRINCIPLES 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CONTROL SURFACE TYPES 2.1 Control surfaces
and applications 2.2 Rudder types 2.3 Other control surfaces 3 PHYSICS
OF CONTROL SURFACE OPERATION 3.1 Background 3.2 Basic flow patterns and
terminology 3.3 Properties of lifting foils 3.4 Induced drag 3.5
Rudder-propeller interaction 3.6 Propeller induced velocity upstream of
rudder 3.7 Influence of hull on rudder-propeller performance 4 CONTROL
SURFACE REQUIREMENTS 4.1 Rudder requirements 4.2 Rudder design within
the ship design process 4.3 Requirements of other control surfaces 4.4
Rudder and control surface design strategy
PART TWO
DESIGN DATA SOURCES 5 EXPERIMENTAL DATA 5.1 Review of available
experimental data and performance prediction 5.2 Presentation of
experimental data 5.3 Experimental data for rudder in free stream 5.4
Experimental data for rudder behind propeller 5.5 Effective aspect
ratio 5.6 Rudder and control surface area 5.7 Free surface effects 5.8
Cavitation on control surfaces 5.9 Propulsive effects 5.10 Hull
pressures 6 THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS 6.1 Available methods 6.2
Potential flow methods 6.3 Navier Stokes methods 6.4 Interpretation of
numerical analysis 6.5 Freestream rudders 6.6 Rudder-propeller
interaction 6.7 Unsteady behaviour 6.8 Future developments
PART THREE
DESIGN STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY 7 DETAILED RUDDER DESIGN 7.1 Background
and philosophy of design approach 7.2 Rudder design process 7.3
Applications of numerical methods 7.4 Guidelines for design 8
MANOEUVRING 8.1 Rudder forces 8.2 Hull upstream 8.3 Influence of drift
angle 8.4 Low speed and four quadrants 8.5 Shallow water/bank effects 9
OTHER CONTROL SURFACES 9.1 Fin stabilisers 9.2 Hydroplanes 9.3 Pitch
damping fins 10 PROPULSION 10.1 Propeller effects 10.2 Rudder effects
10.3 Overall effects
PART FOUR
DESIGN APPLICATIONS 11 APPLICATIONS 11.1 Background 11.2 Large ships
11.3 Small craft. 11.4 Low speed and manoeuvring 11.5 Control APPENDIX
1: Tabulated test data: rudder-propeller interaction tests APPENDIX 2:
Rudder and propeller design software