THE BOW THRUSTER RUDDER, AN EVOLUTION OF SHIP'S STEERING CAPABILITY

The paper describes the main features of a new type of steering equipment, called a "bow thruster rudder", recently developed by C.N.R. and fitted on-board the Italian Railways' GARIBALDI ferry ship.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference paper
• Authors:
  • Bau, F
• Conference:
  • International Congress on Marine Technology, 3rd, May-June 1984
  • Location: Athens, Greece
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bows; Hydrodynamics; Maneuvering; Rudders; Seaworthiness; Ship trials; Steering; Thrusters
• Identifier Terms: Garibaldi (Ferry)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulbous bows; Steering characteristics
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00648508
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM