Marine rudders and control surfaces
Subtitle: principles, data, design and applications
By: Anthony F. Molland and Stephen R. Turnock
Contributors: Turnock, Stephen R.
Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780750669443
Subjects: Ships; Hydrodynamics; Steering-gear
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: Internet.
Table of contents: title: Principles; title: Control Surface Types; title: Control Surfaces and applications; title: Rudder Types; title: Other Control Surfaces; title: Physics of Control Surface Operation; title: Background; title: Basic Flow Patterns and Terminology; title: Induced Drag; title: Rudder-Propeller Interaction; title: Propeller-Induced Velocity Upstream of Rudder; title: Influence of Hull on Rudder-Propeller Performance; title: Control Surface Requirements; title: Rudder Requirements; title: Rudder design within the ship design process; title: Requirements for other control surfaces; title: Rudder and control surface design strategy; title: Design Data Sources; title: Experimental Data; title: Review of Experimental Data and Performance Prediction; title: Presentation of Experimental Data; title: Experimental Data for rudder in free stream; title: Experimental Data for rudder behind propeller; title: Effective Aspect Ratio; title: Rudder and control surface area; title: Free surface effects; title: cavitation on control surfaces; title: Propulsive effects; title: Hull pressures; title: Theoretical and numerical methods; title: Available methods; title: Potential flow methods; title: Navier-Stokes Methods; title: Interpretation of numerical analysis; title: Free-stream rudders; title: Rudder-propeller interaction; title: Unsteady behavior; title: Future developments; title: Design Strategy and Methodology; title: Detailed Rudder Design; title: Background and philosophy of design approach; title: Rudder Design Process; title: Applications of numerical methods; title: Guidelines for design; title: Manoeuvering; title: Rudder Forces; title: Hull upsteam; title: Influence of Drift Angle; title: Low and zero speed and four quadrants; title: Shallow water/bank effects; title: Other Control Surfaces; title: Fin Stabilisers; title: Hyrdroplanes; title: Pitch damping fins; title: Propulsion; title: Propeller-rudder Interaction; title: Propeller Effects; title: Rudder Effects; title: Overall Effects; title: Design Applications; title: Applications; title: Backround; title: Large Ships; title: Small Craft; title: Low speed and manoeuvering; title: Control; title: Tabulated Test Data; title: Rudder and Propeller Design Software.