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(...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.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.51579243.
文摘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.
基金Supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2012M512133)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant NO.41176074)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University(Grant NO.T013513015)
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51479039,Grant No.51009038)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2013M540271)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.HEUCFD1403)