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　Jinming Ye,Di Zhang,Xianfeng Zhang,et al.Research on the Hydrodynamic and Cavitation Performance of Semi-Balanced Twisted Rudders[J].Journal of Marine Science and Application,2023,(3):488-498.[doi:10.1007/s11804-023-00350-w]
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Research on the Hydrodynamic and Cavitation Performance of Semi-Balanced Twisted Rudders

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Title:
Research on the Hydrodynamic and Cavitation Performance of Semi-Balanced Twisted Rudders
Author(s):
Jinming Ye;  Di Zhang;  Xianfeng Zhang;  Xiaoyu Zou
Affilations:
Author(s):
Jinming Ye;  Di Zhang;  Xianfeng Zhang;  Xiaoyu Zou
College of Ship and Ocean, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China
Keywords:
Surface cavitation; Semi-balanced twisted rudder; Inception rudder angle; Cavitation range; Hydrodynamic performance
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DOI:
10.1007/s11804-023-00350-w
Abstract:
In this study, we designed a new, semi-balanced, twisted rudder to reduce the surface cavitation problem of medium-high-speed surface warships. Based on the detached eddy simulation (DES) with the Spalart-Allmaras (SA) model (SA-DES) and the volume of fluid (VOF) method, the hydrodynamic and cavitation performances of an ordinary semi-balanced rudder and semi-balanced twisted rudder at different rudder angles were numerically calculated and compared using the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software STAR-CCM+ with the whole-domain structured grid. The calculation results showed that, under the same working conditions, the maneuverability of the semi-balanced twisted rudder basically remained unchanged compared with that of the ordinary semi-balanced rudder. Furthermore, the surface cavitation range of the semi-balanced twisted rudder was much smaller, and the inception rudder angle of the rudder surface cavitation increased by at least 5° at the maximum speed. In conclusion, the semi-balanced twisted rudder effectively reduced the cavitation of the rudder surface without reducing the rudder effect and exhibited excellent anti-cavitation performance.

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Received date:2022-10-22;Accepted date:2022-11-16。
Foundation item:Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51579243.
Corresponding author:Di Zhang,E-mail:3567438450@qq.com
Last Update: 2023-10-10