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A suggestion of gap flow control devices for the suppression of rudder cavitation

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This paper presents the numerical analysis of rudder cavitation in propeller slipstream and the development of a new rudder system aimed for lift augmentation and cavitation suppression. The new rudder system is equipped with cam devices which effectively close the gap between the horn/pintle and movable wing parts. A computational fluid dynamics code that solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations is used to analyze the flow field of various rudder systems in propeller slipstream. The body force momentum source terms that mimic flow field behind a rotating propeller are added in the momentum equations to represent the influence of the propeller and its slipstream. For detailed explication of the new rudder system’s lift augmentation and cavitation suppression mechanism, three-dimensional flow analysis is carried out. Simulations clearly display the mechanism of the lift augmentation and cavitation suppression. The computational results suggest that the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes-based computational fluid dynamics reproduces the flow field around a rudder in propeller slipstream and that the present concept for a cavitation suppressing rudder system is highly feasible and warrant further study for inclusion of the interaction with hull and mechanical design for manufacturing and operations.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Korea government (No. ROA-2007-000-10028-0). It also should be acknowledged that the second author was supported partly by the Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2005-005-J10203) funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD). The authors also express their sincere gratitude to the late Dr. G. T. Boo of Samsung Ship Model Basin for providing valuable and helpful discussions.

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  1. Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanang-no, Gwanak-ku, Seoul, 151-744, South Korea

    Shin Hyung Rhee & Hyochul Kim

  2. Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

    Hyochul Kim

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Rhee, S.H., Kim, H. A suggestion of gap flow control devices for the suppression of rudder cavitation. J Mar Sci Technol 13, 356–370 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-008-0013-6

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