Inordertostudytheeffectsofgeometricparametersoftherudderonthehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem,thesurfacepanelmethodisusedtobuildthenumericalmodelofthesteadyinteractionbetweenthepropellerandruddertoanalyzetherelevantfactors.Theinteractionbetweenthepropellerandrudderisconsideredthroughtheinducedvelocities,whicharecircumferentiallyaveraged,sotheunsteadyproblemistranslatedtosteadystate.Aniterativecalculationmethodisuseduntilthehydrodynamicperformanceconverges.Firstly,thehydrodynamicperformanceofthechosenpropeller-ruddersystemiscalculated,andthecomparisonbetweenthecalculatedresultsandtheexperimentaldataindicatesthatthecalculationprogramisreliable.Then,thevariableparametersofrudderareinvestigated,andthecalculationresultsshowthatthepropeller-rudderspacinghasanegativerelationshipwiththeefficiencyofthepropeller-ruddersystem,andtherudderspanhasanoptimalmatchrangewiththepropellerdiameter.Futhermore,therudderchordandthicknessbothhaveapositivecorrelationwiththehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem.
