Research Article

Performance Comparison of Bow and Stern Rudder for High-Speed Supercavitating Vehicles

Table 1

Design parameters of the SR model.

ItemsValues

Full length3200 mm
Distance from SR to cavitator2630 mm
Distance from mass center to cavitator1750 mm
Length of fore-conic section1400 mm
Length of cylindrical section1300 mm
Design speed100 m/s
Length of nozzle510 mm
Maximum diameter210 mm
Span of SR46 mm
Diameter of disk cavitator42 mm
Chord of SR17.5 mm
Design cavitation number0.023