Improvement of Rudder Cavitation Performance Using Rudder Inflow Measurements in Large Cavitation Tunnel

Autor: Bu-Geun Paik, So-Won Jeong, Young-Ha Park, Jong-Woo Ahn, Ilryong Park, Jein Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 266 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-1312
DOI: 10.3390/jmse10020266
Popis: One of the important things in a ship’s rudder design is the incidence angle of the rudder inflow to improve rudder cavitation performance. In the present study, the rudder inflow is measured by a 3-D LDV (laser Doppler velocimetry) system in a large cavitation tunnel, where the ship model tests are performed at a rather high Reynolds number of 107~108. Through the evaluation of the transverse velocity component using water injection experiments in the test section, the reliability of the 3-D LDV measurements is confirmed. The three-dimensional velocity components of rudder inflow between the rudder and propeller are successfully measured and are compared with numerical simulation results to see good agreement. The incidence angle distribution of the rudder inflow is obtained from the 3-D velocity components and shows a large angle at the range of 0.5 < Z/Span < 0.9, where the cavitation mainly occurred. The asymmetry-type rudder proposed based on rudder inflow measurements showed outstanding improvement of cavitation performance, compared with the flat-type rudder.
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