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Effectiveness of CFRP rudder aspect ratio for scale model catamaran racing yacht test

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This paper studied experimental and numerical analyses and design of CFRP rudder with different aspect ratios for 33 feet catamaran racing yacht. To design the effective aspect ratio of rudder, hydrodynamic forces were measured with driving model ships in water channel. Hydrodynamic forces were calculated by the prediction method suggested in International Towing Tank Conference 1978. Finite element method was also applied to examine the structural strength of rudder. Finally, the proper aspect ratio of CFRP rudder was verified through experiments and simulations to satisfy the performance required in racing yacht.

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  1. Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Pusan National University, Geumjeong, Busan, 46241, Korea

    Hoyun Jang & Inwon Lee

  2. Green-Ship Research Division, Research Institute of Medium & Small Shipbuilding, Gangseo, Busan, 46757, Korea

    Hoyun Jang & Hyoungseock Seo

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Hoyun Jang is a Senior Researcher of the Research Institute of Medium & Small Shipbuilding, Busan in Korea. He received his Master of Science Degree from Pusan National University in 2009. His research fields include ship design and experimental fluid dynamics for naval architecture and ocean engineering.

Hyoungseock Seo is a Senior Researcher of the Research Institute of Medium & Small Shipbuilding, Busan in Korea. He received his Dr. Eng. Degree from University of California at Los Angeles in 2008. He is also Korean Register Mac-Net WG-Composite Group Director. His research field is to investigate composite structure design and FEM analysis.

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Jang, H., Lee, I. & Seo, H. Effectiveness of CFRP rudder aspect ratio for scale model catamaran racing yacht test. J Mech Sci Technol 31, 4109–4117 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-0807-8

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