EXPERIMENTS ON RUDDERS WITH SMALL FLAPS IN FREE-STREAM AND BEHIND A PROPELLER

Water tunnel experiments were performed to determine the characteristics of rudders with small flaps both in the free stream and behind a propeller. The results include plots of lift, drag, rudder moment, and flap moment coefficient for a complete range of angles of attack and flap deflection.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Ocean Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Office of Naval Research

  Department of the Navy, 800 North Quincy Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22217
• Authors:
  • Kerwin, J E
  • Lewis, S D
  • Oppenheim, B W
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 157 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airfoils; Force; Performance; Rudders
• Uncontrolled Terms: Control surfaces
• Old TRIS Terms: Flapped rudders; Rudder forces
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084832
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: OE-74-16 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67A-0204-0067
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1975 12:00AM