BV Rudder - UserGuide

July 2019
DEV/UG/RUDDER/rev3
BUREAU VERITAS – RUDDER – User Guide
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PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT
This electronic document details the main elements of the RUDDER Software
in order for a new user to handle an assessment from scratch or for a more
experienced user to have a document of reference for clarifying her/his doubts.
In any case, the information contained in this document or in the RUDDER

Software cannot be a substitute for the Rules or Surveyors decisions.
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1. INTRODUCTION
RUDDER allows checking the scantling of rudders according to the

requirements of:
 BUREAU VERITAS Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships NR467
 BUREAU VERITAS Rules for the Classification of Inland Navigation
Vessels NR217
 IACS Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers (2012) – Chapter 10
Section 1
RUDDER calculates:
 The geometrical characteristics of rudder blades, forces and torques
acting on the rudder,
 The scantlings of rudder stocks, rudder blades,
 The geometrical characteristics and the scantlings of rudder horns
cross sections,
 The characteristics of the coupling between rudder blade and rudder
stock, and also of pintles and bearings.
Inputs can be partial if only partial results are needed. How and what data to
submit are detailed in the Part 4 “Data Input” of this document. Information on
calculations and results are given in Part 5 “Rudder Calculation” and Part 6
“Rudder Results”.
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2. INSTALL
Launch Rudder_Setup.EXE and follow the given instructions.
If the installation is successful, you will have access to the program by:
 Clicking on the RUDDER.EXE icon in the
Program Folder you have defined
 Launching RUDDER via Start  All Programs 
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3. Main Features
3.1. General
The RUDDER interface is organized as follows:
Menus File Name – Ship Information Current selected Data Input

* if some data modified (save needed) rule set frames
Illustrations and sections Viewing

Warning messages
Toolbar – shortcut buttons
 Menus and Toolbar elements are described in Parts 3.2 and 3.3
 Viewing frame is interactive for:

● Blade Geometry
● Stiffening and Reinforcement
● Rudder Blade Section
● Horn Section
 Warning messages inform of possible problems
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3.2. Menus contents
Here is the list of menu items present in RUDDER:
New: Open new project
Open: Load existing database
Save: Save information of current database
Save As: Save current database with other file name
Print Data: Access to input data printing
Print Result: Access to results printing (will be meaningful

after compute)
View Direct Calculation Curves (DCC): Access to DCC
window (available after calculations done)
Quit: Exit RUDDER software
Undo: Restore value before last action
Access to the display where the corresponding information

need to be input
Create DC file for Excel (tabulated text, available after

calculations)
About Rudder: Access to the RUDDER general information
Note the identification of the current Rules Edition

selected (Entry into Force date)
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3.3. Toolbar elements
Here is the list of the shortcut buttons meaning:
General Data
Rudder Stock Data
Blade Geometry
Stiffening and Reinforcement (scantling)

Data Input
Rudder Blade Section
Horn Section
Data for Direct Calculation
Rudder Stock Coupling
Pintles
Compute
Save
Print Data
Print Results
Direct Calculation Curves
Quit
Some detailed information is provided in Part 4 for Data Input and in Part 5 and
6 for calculations and results.
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4. DATA INPUT
4.1. General Data
The General Data associated to a RUDDER project is divided in 3 types:
 Basic Ship Data
 Materials information
 Rudder principal characteristics
A detailed description of these data is provided in the following points.
4.1.1. Basic Ship Data
Ship identification
Ship main dimensions
Service notation and Marks Scale displays
The Basic Ship Data tab contains:
 The ship identifying information: the data input helps just to identify the
project
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 The Main Data:

● The ship rule Length
● The ship scantling Draught
● The Maximum Ahead Service Speed
● The Maximum Astern Speed
Note: RUDDER will check the minimum speed values according to the
rules
 The Notations
● The ship Service Notation possible choices are:
Service Notations
1 Cargo ship
2 Container ship
3 Ro-ro cargo ship
4 Ro-ro passenger ship
5 Passenger ship
6 Oil tanker
7 Bulk carrier
Note: This choice will
8 Bulk carrier CSR automatically change the rule set
9 Liquefied gas carrier
10 Chemical tanker
11 Tanker
12 Dredger
13 Hopper dredger/barge
14 Split hopper dredger/barge
15 Fishing vessel
16 Launch
17 Sea going launch
19 Tug
20 Supply vessel
21 Ore carrier Assessment according to BV
NR527 – Classification of Ships
22 Combination carrier Operating in Polar Waters and
23 Icebreaker Icebreakers
Note: The list of service notation displayed with the rule set BUREAU
VERITAS Rules for Inland Vessels, contains less elements (see “Note for
BV Inland” at the level of the rule set definition).
● The second notation to provide is the Navigation Notation. It specifies
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the type of navigation for which the ship is designed.

For sea going ships (BUREAU VERITAS Rules for Steel Ships and
IACS CSR for Bulk Carriers), the possible choices are:
Navigation Notations
Forced choice for IACS
1 Unrestricted navigation CSR for Bulk Carriers
2 Summer zone
3 Tropical zone
4 Coastal area
5 Sheltered waters
For inland vessels (BUREAU VERITAS Rules for Inland Vessels), the
display varies:
Navigation Notations
1 IN(0)
2 IN(0.6)
3 IN(X) with X between 0.6 and 2
● The third notation to provide for the BUREAU VERITAS rule sets is
the possible presence of the additional Ice Strengthening to choose
among:
Ice Class or Polar Class for Steel Ships rule set:
Ice Notations
No ice notation
ICE Class IA SUPER
Assessment according to
ICE Class IA BV NR467 – PtF Ch8 S2
ICE Class IB 6.1.1
ICE Class IC
POLAR CLASS 1 to 7 Assessment according to
BV NR527 – S2 10.1.1
For ships with service notation Icebreakers:
Ice Notations
ICEBREAKER 1 to 7
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For Inland Navigation vessels rule set:
Ice Notations
No ice notation
ICE
Assessment according to
ICE-30
BV NR217 – PtD Ch2 S1
ICE-40 3.1.1
ICE-40+
● The fourth element allows you to change the current Rule Set. There
are 3 possible choices, the assessments will be done according to
the selected rule set:
Rule Set
1 BUREAU VERITAS Rules for Steel Ships
2 BUREAU VERITAS Rules for INLAND vessels
3 IACS CSR Rules for Bulk Carriers
Note for BV Inland: In the case of the selection of BV Rules for Inland
Vessels, equivalence is maintained by RUDDER between Steel Ships
service notations and Inland service notations. This allows alternatively
changing the rule set without losing the service notation information. The
equivalence is done as follows:
Inland Service Notations Steel Ships Service Notations

Cargo ship, Fishing vessel, Supply vessel,
Cargo vessel
Icebreaker
Container vessel Container ship
Ro-ro cargo vessel Ro-ro cargo ship, Ro-ro passenger ship
Passenger vessel Passenger ship
Oil tanker (FLS Tanker), Combination carrier,
Tanker
Liquefied gas carrier, Chemical tanker, Tanker
Dredger Dredger
Hopper dredger/barge Hopper dredger/barge
Split hopper barge Split hopper dredger/barge
Launch Launch, Sea going launch
Tug & Pusher Tug
 The Graphical Bounds (Height and Breadth) are used by the software to
scale the displays. It is an optional input.
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4.1.2. Materials
This tab allows presetting the characteristics of all the materials used in the
current RUDDER project.
Note: at least one material need to be defined before running any calculation.
For each material the following information is to be input:
 The Material Type: the possible choices are,
1 Steel
2 Stainless steel
3 Aluminum rolled
4 Aluminum extruded
 The Material following characteristics:

● The Yield Stress
● The Young Modulus
● The Butt Weld Coefficient
● The Tensile Strength
Note: For each material, only the active cells, in white, need to be completed.
The input is validated by taping the ENTER key.
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4.1.3. Rudder
To describe the rudder, it is necessary to provide the following information.
Access button to all Current

Rudder types Rudder type
diagram
Access button to all Current Blade profile

Blade profiles diagram
 The first data to provide is the Rudder type following the classification set
by the Rules. There is 2 ways to establish the Rudder type:
● By selecting the type in the list box
● By accessing the type + diagram selection window via the
“Information” button 
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In the case of using the Rudder Types window, the selection will be validated
by clicking on the “OK” button.
Note: This list is an extended list of rudder types, check with the rules you
are assessing your rudder with, to know which types are allowed by each
rule set: if you choose a rudder type that is not in the rules, the scantlings
check obtained are not to be considered as an approval and are given for an
informative purpose only.
 The type of the Rudder Stock Coupling is the next data to set. The
possible choices are:
1 Horizontal flange coupling

2 Cone coupling
3 Vertical flange coupling
4 Continuous rudder stock
 The third input is the position of the Rudder Blade with respect of the
Propeller. This is used to define the r3 coefficient. There are 3 cases
distinguished:
1 Location outside the propeller jet

2 Location behind a fixed propeller nozzle
3 Other cases
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 The Blade Type need to be input. The possible choices are:
1 Double plated rudder

2 Stiffened single plate rudder
3 Non-stiffened single plate rudder
 The next piece of information to set is the Blade Profile type. It is used to
define the r2 coefficients. There is 2 ways to establish this input:
● By selecting the type in the list box
● By accessing the type + diagram selection window via the
“Information” button 
If the “user defined profile” option is chosen, it is necessary to input the

following data:
● coefficient r2 in ahead condition
● coefficient r2 in astern condition
 Finally enter the sum of the areas of the Rudder Post or/and the Rudder
Horn, if any, up to mean blade height.
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4.2. Rudder Stock data
The Rudder Stock data is displayed according to the following form:
Materials
Position of
the Stock
 Position of the Stock information is composed of:

● X coordinate of the stock axis in the frame of reference that will be
used in the RUDDER project (see also part 3.3 “Blade Geometry”)
● Z1 at midspan, as the Z coordinate of the mid-height of the lower
stock bearing
● Z2 at midspan, as the Z coordinate of the mid-height of the upper
stock bearing
Note: If the steering device has only one bearing, only the information
associated to Z1 (lower stock bearing) need to be input for the calculations.
Note: If there are two bearings, Z2 must be set greater than Z1.
Note: The user is allowed to set her/his own frame of reference, that can be
totally different from the ship reference co-ordinate system, as long as the
coherence within that frame is kept all along the data input. This means
particularly that the Z axis origin is not necessarily the ship baseline.
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Bearing Inner Diameter

Stock Diameter at
Bearing Height
Z1
Bearing Inner Diameter
Stock Diameter at
Bearing Height
Z2
Z1 Z2
 The Material of the Stock must be chosen among the list reflecting the
materials defined in the “General Data” - “Materials” tab (see Part 3.1.2).
 The actual Diameter of the Stock at the level of the bearing(s) needs to
be input, as it is one of the principal part of the checking.
Note: If the steering device has only one bearing, only the information
associated to Z1 (lower stock bearing) need to be input for the calculations.
 The Bearing Height and the Bearing Inner Diameter are to be entered.
 The Material of the Stock Bearing must be chosen among the following
list:
1 Lignum vitae
2 White metal, oil lubricated
3 Synthetic material with hardness between 60 and 70 Shore D
4 Steel, bronze and hot-pressed bronze-graphite metals
 For a rudder with cone coupling and with the BV rules for Steel Ships or
CSR rules for Bulk Carriers being selected, the additional data Zcc at
midspan, z coordinate of the middle of the cone coupling length, has to
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be input (see Part 4.8.2 “Cone Coupling”).
 Note: The related viewing is empty if no Blade Geometry has been

entered yet, but displays the transverse section of the rudder if the
geometry of the blade is already input (see Part 4.3 “Blade Geometry”).
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4.3. Blade Geometry
Current Node
Add
/
Delete
List of Nodes
Cursor
(Coordinates)
Coordinates
 This section allows defining the Rudder Blade geometry in the main
elevation view.
 By clicking on the “Add” (+) button, a new line appears to enter the
coordinates of the following node.
1.
2.
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The new node will be added after the current one (if there is at least one
node)
1. 2.
 It is possible to modify the coordinates of an existing node.
 By clicking on the “Delete” (-) button, the selected node of the list is
deleted.
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 Notes:
● The order in which the nodes are input, following a clockwise or a

counter-clockwise definition, have no effect on the scantling results.
● The frame of reference is chosen by the user: the coordinates

entered need only to be coherent with the coordinates of the stock
axis entered in the “Rudder Stock Data” section (see part 4.2)
● The material of the Rudder Blade is input in the “Stiffening and

Reinforcement” section (see part 4.4)
● No calculation will be allowed if the blade profile is let with less than 3
edge nodes.
● The software checks the closure of the blade profile contour previous
to any calculation. If the encountered shape is open, the following
warning will be displayed.
By clicking on the “Yes” button, RUDDER will automatically close the

contour and proceed with the calculation.
Before computing (input) After computing
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4.4. Stiffening and Reinforcement (Scantling)
There are 3 groups of data managed by this section:

 the Rudder Blade Material
 the definition of the Stiffening of the rudder blade
 the Scantling of the plates composing the rudder blade and their
reinforcement
Elevation view (Stiffening

or Plating) Blade Material
Input zone (Stiffening or Plating)
4.4.1. Rudder Blade Material
The material of the elements of the rudder blade is to be chosen among the list
of the materials defined in the “General Data” section (see part 4.1.2)
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4.4.2. Rudder Blade Stiffening
The Stiffening tab is where to define the list of the stiffeners on the blade. Add
as many stiffeners as needed with the Add “+” button.
Once the stiffeners are defined it is always possible to delete any of them with
the Delete “-” button, or to modify the input values if required.
The stiffeners are defined by their position. There are 3 possibilities:
Stiffener type Input

Horizontal stiffener ● z coordinate
Vertical stiffener ● x coordinate
● x coordinate of intersection between the
Almost vertical stiffener stiffener and the bottom edge of the blade
● Angle between vertical axis and stiffener
Zh
anglea.v
xv xa.v
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4.4.3. Rudder Blade Scantling and Reinforcement
Plate list
Navigation
between plates
Current Plate
Plate data
Optional second
definition
 The plates are automatically generated from the stiffening data. It is then
necessary to define all stiffeners before the input of the plate data.
Automatically generated plates according to stiffeners definition
 For each plate (selection on view or in the list) or for each group of plates
(selection in the list only) the following data is to be provided:
● The thickness of the plate
● The reinforcement type. It is defined with respect of the area of the
blade where the plate(s) is (are) located. The possible options are:
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Inland
Rule reference of applied criteria  Steel Ships
PtB Ch9 S1
Vessels
PtB Ch7 S1
1 No reinforcement [7.3.1] [6.2.1]
2 Lower pintle zone (semi-spade) [7.3.6] -
3 Rudder nose [7.3.9] [6.2.7]
4 Under the solid part /at boundary openings [7.3.5] or [7.3.7] [6.2.5] or
5 Under the solid part /without openings or [7.4.5]  T7 [6.3.5]  T4
Under the rudder coupling flange /at
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boundary openings
[7.3.5]  T7 [6.4.4]  T4
Under the rudder coupling flange /without
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openings
Next to solid part linked to stock /at
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boundary openings [6.3.4]
Next to solid part linked to stock /without horizontal
9 [7.4.4] horizontal
openings webs &
webs & plating
plating
Next to solid part linked to pintle /at and [7.4.5]  T7
10 and [6.3.5] 
boundary openings vertical webs
T4 vertical
Next to solid part linked to pintle /without webs
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openings
Main vertical web between upper part and [7.3.7] main
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pintle housing (semi-spade) vertical web
 It is also possible to enter a second set of data with different values of

plate thickness and reinforcement, if a plate belongs to several strakes
(of different thickness) or if a comparison is needed between two
alternative reinforcement zones.
In that case, the input of a non-null value of thickness allows choosing the
reinforcement type and makes RUDDER consider this second optional
calculation at computation time.
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4.5. Rudder Blade Horizontal Sections

Tabs of data
Plan view of the current
blade horizontal section Current blade horizontal section
Mouse current coordinates Elevation view with all defined Actions on Sections
in the view where it stands Blade cross sections
This part allows entering the definition of the rudder blade geometry in any plan
required further in the calculations. This information is divided in 3:
 Plan definition (equivalent to blade [horizontal] sections)
 Nodes and thicknesses of the blade contour in a given plan (the selected
horizontal cross section)
 Webs present in a given plan
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4.5.1. Blade sections
 The first action is to add at least one section with the “Add Section”
button.
 For each added section, 3 elements characterize it:

● The Name
● The Location. It has no influence on the results but helps to identify
the section. There are 2 or 3 possibilities:
Section around stock housing Only for assessment

In way of recess for rudder horn pintle according to BV rules
for Steel Ships
Other location
● The Z coordinate of the plan being input: it is given in the reference

frame chosen by the user (see part 4.2)
 For each added section, the blade geometry in the plan has to be
defined by:
● The nodes forming the contour (see part 4.5.2)
● The webs inside the blade if any (see part 4.5.3)
 It is possible to:
● Add as many horizontal sections as required (“Add Section” button)
● Delete any section previously input (“Delete Section” button)
● Copy any existing section (“Copy Section” button): the geometrical
data (nodes and webs) of the copied section is transferred to a new
section.
 To browse from one section to the other, in order to input/modify/see the

associated data, there are 2 ways:
● By selecting the proper section in the “Blade Section” list
● By clicking directly on the corresponding cutting plane line in the
elevation view
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Browse through existing sections
Click on cutting plane line to

select another horizontal section
4.5.2. Nodes defining the section
This tab is for the input of the nodes forming the contour of the current
horizontal blade section.
Sections are supposed to be symmetrical: only half the contour needs to be
input.
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Current Node Current Node related data Add/Delete node
Current Edge Current Edge related data
 For each node, 4 inputs are asked:

● The X coordinate of the node (in the frame of reference previously
chosen)
● The Y coordinate of the node
The current node and the previous node form an edge of the blade
contour. This edge is characterized by 2 inputs that are associated with
the current node:
● The Thickness of the -current- edge
● The symmetric information that is detailed below
Note: Of course, the first node of the section is associated with no edge so the
information linked to the segment is disabled.
 It is possible to add as many nodes as wanted with the Add “+” button.
The added node is introduced just after the currently selected node.
Once a node is added, it is always possible to modify the associated
values.
The current node can be deleted by clicking on the Delete “-” button.
 The number of nodes to input to define the contour depends on the

degree of accuracy expected: The more points are defined, the more
accurate is the contour but the greater the time spent for input.
Note: RUDDER calculates each edge as a quadratic curve between the 2 end
nodes.
Note: The input order can be indistinctly from right to left or from left to right.
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 The information labeled “Segment Node [n-1] → [n]” “Symmetric” gives

access to the choices:
0 Yes
1 No
If the choice is “Yes”, RUDDER considers that the entered node and its
associated edge have a symmetrical counterpart that will be
automatically computed. If the choice is “No”, no node/edge counterpart
is considered.
This data represents the existence of openings not closed by full

penetration welded plate, as in the case of access to the rudder stock
nut.
WARNING: CURRENTLY RUDDER DOES NOT HANDLE THE INPUT AND

CALCULATION OF NON-SYMMETRICAL PROFILES.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RELEASE OF FUTURE UPDATES ON THIS SUBJECT.
4.5.3. Webs present in the section
Data to input Add/Delete

Current web web
Data for web with hole
 For each web, the data to input is the following:

● The X coordinate of the web on plan (taken at mid-web)
● The thickness of the web
● The hole breadth, if the web has a central hole in the current
horizontal section
Note: The Y coordinates of the web ends are computed automatically by
RUDDER, as the intersection of the X line and the blade contour.
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 It is possible to add or delete any number of webs and to modify the

information associated with an existing web.
4.6. Horizontal Horn Section
For Rudder systems having a horn, the information described in this part need
to be completed.
Horn Section list
Current Horn Section display Horn main data by names
Horn Section Current Horn

Horn Sections display (elevation) Management Section Data
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4.6.1. Horn General Data
The general Horn Data depends on the rudder type:
Rudder Type Horn General Data

Type 4:
● Input the z coordinates of

the 2 horn pintle bearings
● Input dimensions d and e at
d/2 (according to figure)
Type 7:
● Input the z coordinate of the

1 horn pintle bearing
Type 8, 9, 10:
● Input the z coordinate of the

lower horn bearing (pintle
bearing)
4.6.2. Horn Sections
It is possible to input as many horizontal horn sections as requested or wanted.

There are two ways of defining a horn section: by creating it from scratch
(button “Add Section”  “Horizontal Horn Section”) or by copying an already
existing section (button “Copy Section”).
WARNING: THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFINING VERTICAL HORN SECTION IS NOT

AVAILABLE.
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Each section will be characterized by:

 A set of general data
 A set of nodes describing the horn section contour (see 6.3)
 The set of webs present at the horn section level (see 6.4)
 The horn section main data are the following:

● The name of the section, allowing to identify it
● The material to be chosen among the list of materials defined in the
“General Data”
● The X coordinate of the origin of the horn section reference system:
this reference system will be used to define Nodes and Webs
coordinates
● The Z coordinate, location of the horn section from the mid-height of
the lower bearing of the horn. This will identify the position of the
section along the horn.
4.6.3. Nodes defining the section

The horn section will be defined as a thin shell model with nodes and related
thicknesses.
 The input of one node will automatically define the symmetric node
regarding Ox axis.
 The contour between nodes will be deduced by curvilinear interpolation.
 The node coordinates are to be given with regard of the X origin defined
in the main horn section data (Y origin being same as rudder reference
system).
 The thickness associated to one node applies between the node and the
previous one.
 Buttons “+” and “-” allow adding and deleting nodes. The adding will
insert a new node after the current selected node. The Deleting will
remove the currently selected node.
Note: The contour described by the nodes must follow the neutral axis of the
horn thickness.
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Click on nodes above Currently selected

Ox axis to select one node
Click on any value to

Currently selected horn section change current node and
modify value if necessary Add/Delete
node
4.6.4. Webs present in the section
 Internal webs are input by two values:

● The X coordinate at mid-web with respect of the horn origin
● The thickness of the web
 Manage the addition or deletion of webs with buttons “+” and “-”.
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Current web
Add/Delete web
4.7. Data for Direct Calculation
The input of the Direct Calculation (DC) data is crucial for the correct
assessment of the Rudder.
As some lengths are determined automatically by the RUDDER software, it is

mandatory to correctly input stock and blade geometry data (see respectively
Part 4.2 and Part 4.3 previous to the input of the DC information).
It is also highly recommended to input sections information for blade and horn
(if present) to help in the definition of the DC related inertias (see below).
The following table summarizes the data that need to be input for each rudder
type:
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Rudder Type DC Data Display

Type 1:
No input
Type 2:
● Solepiece and solepiece

pintle related lengths and
inertias are to be input
● Other lengths are
automatically evaluated
● Inertias J10 and J30 can be
linked to blade sections
● Inertia J40 can be linked to
the diameter at the level of
the rudder stock bearing
Type 3:
No Input
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Type 4:
● Lengths are automatically

evaluated
the stock bearing
● Other inertias definition can
be linked to blade sections
● Spring for one elastic
support can be linked to
horn sections (inertia)
Type 5:
● Solepiece and solepiece

pintle related lengths and
inertias are to be input
● Other lengths are
automatically evaluated
blade sections
linked to the diameters at
the level of the rudder stock
bearings
Type 6:

evaluated
● Lengths C1 and C2 are to
be input
● Inertias J20 and J30
definition can be linked to
the diameters at the level of
the rudder stock bearings
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Type 6 bis:
No Input
(Lengths automatically evaluated)
Type 7:

evaluated
linked to the diameter at the
level of the stock bearings
Type 8:

evaluated
the upper rudder stock
bearing
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Type 9:

evaluated
linked to the diameter at the
level of the stock bearings
be linked to respective
blade sections or horn
sections
Type 10:

evaluated
the upper rudder stock
bearing
be linked to respective
blade sections or horn
sections
Any inertia can directly be input by the user or be automatically calculated by

the software based on the selection of a previously defined section.
The automatic calculation is launched by accessing the “Wizard” button (button

on the right side of the inertia input). Depending on the nature of each
individual girder in the rudder system or beam, the content reached by clicking
on the “Wizard” button associated to each beam’s inertia will be slightly
different. The common principle is that, each time, the inertia will have to be
defined as linked or not. Default choice is unlinked.
The “Link” defines how this automatic calculation will be performed.

If the “Keep Link” option is checked this means that the inertia will be re-
computed each time and that the value will follow any change done in the
section's geometry. A direct modification of the DC inertia value is not allowed.
On the other hand, if the Wizard is used to get a section's inertia and the “Keep
link” option is not checked, the section's inertia will be transferred to the
corresponding DC data but as punctual action in time: no ulterior change in the
section's geometry will be taken into account and a direct modification of the
DC inertia value remains possible.
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Unlinked Linked
Inertia Wizard input will have the following aspect:
Beam/Girder type Wizard Display

Inertia of a cylindrical part of the stock
Blade inertia or Horn inertia
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Solepiece pintle inertia
+ Horn spring (one elastic support,

calculation through inertia deduced from
selected rudder horn section)
Finally, if a problem had occurred while inputting some geometrical value used
for any of the automatically evaluated lengths, problem leading to a negative
length value: the wrong length value will appear in red. Therefore is any of the
length value is displayed in red, you must check the input of the geometry of
the rudder (z coordinate of stock bearings, blade contour or z coordinate of
horn pintles/bearings if exist).
4.8. Rudder Stock Coupling
According to the “Stock Coupling” type defined in the “Rudder” tab of the
General Data (see Part 4.1.3), the Stock Coupling data to input varies:
Stock coupling type For Input see...

1 Horizontal Flange coupling 8.1. Flange Coupling
2 Cone Coupling 8.2. Cone Coupling
3 Vertical Flange coupling - no input -
4 Continuous rudder stock - no input -
WARNING: CURRENTLY RUDDER DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY REQUIREMENT CHECK FOR
VERTICAL FLANGE COUPLINGS OR CONTINUOUS RUDDER STOCK.
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4.8.1. Flange Coupling
 The data to input for Flange Coupling can be divided into 3 categories:
● General data
● Geometry data
● Bolts related data
 The elements of the general data category are the following:

● The material of the flange, to be chosen among the user defined
materials
● The existence or not of a locking key
● The fact that the coupling flange is welded onto the stock or not
 There are 2 types of Geometry, the choice of which changes the way the
data input is to be made:
Geometry Input
1 Polygonal Nodes describing the shape of the flange
2 Circular Diameter of the flange
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Current
Node General flange Add/Delete
Display Geometry
Geometry data Node
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 The Bolts related information to input is the following:

● The material of the bolts, to be chosen among the user defined
materials
● The diameter of the bolts (one bolt diameter), supposing that they
have the same diameter (if this is not the case input the smallest
diameter)
● The position of each bolt on the flange
Depending on the actual bolt configuration there is a preferential way among 3

available methods.
For bolts in a rectangular configuration the suggested method is to define for

each bolt the coordinates X and Y (flange references) with the Coordinate
system type “XY” (Cartesian coordinates).
For bolts defined along a circular pattern, for each bolt input the radius and the
Alpha angle between the bolt and the “0x” axis with the Coordinate system type
“Polar”.
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Cartesian input Polar input
X R Alpha
The third particular method is specific for bolts positioned along a circular
pattern at equal interval. This method is accessible through the button pointed
by the label “Define Circular Bolts Arrangement”. The following window will be
displayed:
Angle =
360° / nb. of bolts
R = D /2
Start
Angle
By clicking on “OK”, as many bolts as the number of bolts will be added in the
position listing, in polar coordinates, with angles and radius deduced from the
input data. This action will also reset any previous input.
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4.8.2. Cone Coupling
Additional data for Dimensions input

Cone coupling special blade profiles
dimensions General data
 The general data that need to be defined are:

● The type of the cone coupling:
0 With hydraulic arrangements

1 With key
● The choice of a key material is needed, in which case the list of user
defined materials will be available.
 The following geometrical characteristics are to be input:

● tN, dN, dimensions of the nut
● dU, stock diameter above cone coupling

● d0, smallest diameter of the cone
● dG, core diameter of the threaded part
● The material of the massive part of the cone coupling, to be chosen

among the user defined material list
● tS, thickness / length of the cone housing
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● ti, effective contact thickness of the cone housing, i.e. without sealing
ring grooves and chamfers
● dE, external diameter of the massive part
 If the blade profile in the Rudder general data (see Part 4.1.3) has been
defined of the types “High Lift” or “User defined”, the input of the Bending
moment and the Torsional moment as provided by the manufacturer is
required.
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4.9. Pintles data
There are as many pintle data sets as there are pintles in the rudder type
selected. If several pintles exist, they are identified by their position: lower,
middle, upper.
Pintles identification
following current rudder type
Pintle dimensions
Data per pintle
For each pintle the input is divided into two categories:

 Pintle general data (mostly materials)
 Pintle cone coupling data (geometrical dimensions)
4.9.1. Pintle general data
The general data associated to each pintle regroup:

● The pintle material, to be chosen among the user defined materials
● The pintle bearing length
● The bearing material, to be chosen among the specific material list
● The cone coupling's massive part material (only for BV rules for Steel
Ships and CSR Bulk Carriers), to be chosen among the user defined
materials
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Only accessible for BV rules

for Steel Ships and CSR Bulk
Carriers, where it is needed for
the requirements
4.9.2. Pintle cone coupling data
The following geometrical characteristics are to be input:

● dU greatest diameter in the pintle cone coupling
● d0, smallest diameter in the pintle cone coupling
● ti, geometrical parameter of the pintle cone coupling (for BV RULES
NR467 and NR217)
● tS, length of the pintle housing
● dG, internal diameter of the nut
● The external diameter of the massive part
WARNING: THE DIAMETERS dU AND d0 ARE NAMED FOLLOWING BV RULES

CONVENTION - CSR BULK CARRIERS NOTATIONS ARE NOT THE SAME.
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4.10. Print Input Data
Printing Options
Select Launch Launch Exit
items to Print Preview
be printed
First choose the items you want to print: select a few elements in the selection
list or use the “All” or “None” buttons to help you establish your selection.
Then, if required, modify the printing options accordingly to your needs.
Notes:
 Printing settings are stored between uses of the RUDDER software
 Start page number is stored between prints and automatically increases
with the number of printed pages
 Margins and fonts settings don't affect the preview mode
In the end, click either on the “OK” button to launch the print on the selected
printer or on the “Preview” button to launch the preview mode.
If several sections exist (either blade sections or horn sections being printed),
an additional window will ask which sections should be printed or displayed.
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Elements will be printed or displayed with the same order as the print item list:
● Rudder general data
● Blade geometry data
● Blade plating (stiffening and reinforcement) data
● Blade sections data
● Horn sections data
● Coupling data
● Direct calculation data
● Pintle data
The preview mode allows browsing among the data directly on screen. Browse
through the data thanks to the navigation buttons and exit by clicking on the
“Close” button. Note that after closing the preview mode, nothing is sent to the
printer.
Navigation between pages Exit preview mode
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5. RUDDER CALCULATION
 Select the assessments to be made, and click on “OK” button to launch

the calculations.
Note: Some options can be disabled if they have no meaning with respect of
the current rudder type:
Note: A warning can appear at the bottom of the window, if the current rudder
type is not mentioned in the currently selected rule set. In that case, the results
based on the direct calculation will nonetheless be provided for information only
and should not be considered as mandatory:
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 Once the calculations are launched the outcome can be of 3 types:
No problem
Some problem appeared: all the results

might not be available.
Some problem appeared: no result is

available
Computation fails due to some input problem; the Error Messages box provides
some information on the origin of the problem. Try to complete or correct the
input and launch the calculations again. If the problem persists do not hesitate
in contacting us.
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6. RUDDER RESULTS
Once the computation has been completed (see Part 5), the results are
accessible under two categories:
Requirements results (see Part 6.3)
Direct Calculation results (see Parts 6.1 and 6.2)
6.1. Direct Calculation curves
Beam Forces Bending Moments Shear Forces
Current position and values Extremes
By clicking on the “Up” and “Down” buttons or by using the up and down arrows
on the keyboard it is possible to navigate along the rudder beam. Current
values are displayed at the bottom of the window.
The “Print” button allows printing a display of the curves.
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Note: For rudders of type 1 or 3 (see Part 4.1.3), only the beam and force
distribution will be displayed.
means known position

of the support
means hypothetical
position of the support
6.2. Exporting Direct Calculation results
It is possible to export a sample of the Direct Calculation results into a delimited

text file (*.txt file using a tabulation separator between fields), which can be
imported into most spreadsheet software.
This feature is accessible once the calculations have been launched through
Menu Rudder ➔ Create DC File for Excel.
A file named “[name of the current Rudder database file]_FileDCRes.txt” will be

created in the same folder as Rudder database file.
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6.3. Results through prints
Select
items to Launch Launch Exit Printing Options
be printed Print Preview (See Part 4.10)
Select the items to be printed in the list.
By clicking on the “OK” button, the print will be launched according to the
selected options of the right part of the window (refer to Part 4.10 on how to
establish the printing options).
By clicking on the “Preview” button, the results associated to the selected items
will be displayed on screen.
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If several sections (either blade sections or horn sections) exist, an additional

window will ask which sections should be displayed.
If one selected item in the printing list has not been calculated, the following
error message will appear. If the item is relevant to the rudder type, the
corresponding calculation must be computed before any result display.
The results are printed in the same order of the printing list:
● Geometry of the blade and forces results
● Stock diameter and stock bearings criteria
● Blade plating criteria
● Blade section criteria
● Horn section criteria
● Coupling criteria
● Pintle criteria
Any result that is not allowable in regard of the current rule set, will be indicated by
the presence of an asterisk *. The meaning of this * is usually reminded in the prints
if at least a value is not allowable in a given result set.
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BUREAU VERITAS
Marine & Offshore DIVISION
DT/DV
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
92800 PUTEAUX
FRANCE

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RUDDER allows checking the scantling of rudders according to the

Launch Rudder_Setup.EXE and follow the given instructions.

The RUDDER interface is organized as follows:

Menus File Name – Ship Information Current selected Data Input

Illustrations and sections Viewing

 Viewing frame is interactive for:

 Warning messages inform of possible problems

3.2. Menus contents

Here is the list of menu items present in RUDDER:

New: Open new project

Open: Load existing database

Save: Save information of current database

Save As: Save current database with other file name

Print Data: Access to input data printing

Print Result: Access to results printing (will be meaningful

Undo: Restore value before last action

Access to the display where the corresponding information

Create DC file for Excel (tabulated text, available after

About Rudder: Access to the RUDDER general information

Note the identification of the current Rules Edition

3.3. Toolbar elements

Here is the list of the shortcut buttons meaning:

Rudder Stock Data

Stiffening and Reinforcement (scantling)

Data for Direct Calculation

Rudder Stock Coupling

Direct Calculation Curves

A detailed description of these data is provided in the following points.

4.1.1. Basic Ship Data

Service notation and Marks Scale displays

The Basic Ship Data tab contains:

 The Main Data:

● The second notation to provide is the Navigation Notation. It specifies

the type of navigation for which the ship is designed.

For ships with service notation Icebreakers:

For Inland Navigation vessels rule set:

Inland Service Notations Steel Ships Service Notations

For each material the following information is to be input:

 The Material Type: the possible choices are,

 The Material following characteristics:

To describe the rudder, it is necessary to provide the following information.

Access button to all Current

Access button to all Current Blade profile

1 Horizontal flange coupling

1 Location outside the propeller jet

 The Blade Type need to be input. The possible choices are:

1 Double plated rudder

If the “user defined profile” option is chosen, it is necessary to input the

4.2. Rudder Stock data

The Rudder Stock data is displayed according to the following form:

 Position of the Stock information is composed of: