Marine Rudders and Control Surfaces

Marine Rudders and Control Surfaces guides naval architects from the first principles of the physics of control surface operation, to the use of experimental and empirical data and applied computational fluid dynamic modelling of rudders and control surfaces.The empirical and theoretical methods applied to control surface design are described in depth and their use explained through application to particular cases. The design procedures are complemented with a number of worked practical examples of rudder and control surface design.

ANTHONY F. MOLLAND is Emeritus Professor of Ship Design at the University of Southampton. Professor Molland has extensively researched and published papers on ship design and ship hydrodynamics including ship rudders and control surfaces, propellers and ship resistance components. He also acts as a consultant to industry in these subject areas and has gained international recognition through presentations at conferences and membership of committees of the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC). Professor Molland is the co-author of Ship Resistance and Propulsion (2017) and editor of the Maritime Engineering Reference Book (2008).

INTRODUCTION; CONTROL SURFACE TYPES; PHYSICS OF CONTROL SURFACE OPERATION; CONTROL SURFACE REQUIREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA;THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; DETAILED RUDDER DESIGN; MANOEUVRING; OTHER CONTROL SURFACES; PROPULSION; APPLICATIONS; APPENDICES