In order to offer specific information needed to assist in operation of a ship with same type rudder through evaluating the maneuverability of training ship A-Ra with flapped rudder, sea trials based full scale for turning test, zig-zag test with rudder angle 10° and 20°, and spiral test at service condition were carried out on starboard and port sides around Jeju Island according to the standards of maneuverability of IMO. As a result, the angular velocity of port turn was higher than that of starboard turn. Therefore, the size of turning circle was longer on the starboard side. In addition, variation of the transfer due to various factors was more stable than those of the others. In the Z-test results, the mean of 1st and 2nd overshoot angles were 9.8°, 6.3° and 15.3°, 9.2° respectively when the port and starboard was 10°; the 1st overshoot angle were 18°, 13.7° when using 20°. Her maneuverability index Tˊ and Kˊ can be easily determined by using a computer with the data obtained from Z-test where Kˊ and Tˊ are dimensionless constants representing turning ability and responsiveness to the helm, respectively. In the Z-test under flap rudder angle 10°, the obtained Kˊ value covered the range of 2.37-2.87 and Tˊ was 1.74-3.45. Under the flap rudder angle 20°, Kˊ and Tˊ value showed 1.43-1.63, 1.0-1.73, respectively. In the spiral test, the loop width was unstable at +0.3° and –0.5°-0.9° around the midship of flap rudder. As a result, course stability was comparatively good. From the sea trial results, training ship ARA met the present criterion in the standards of maneuverability of IMO.

선박에서 제어판의 역할은 운동을 제어하는데 목적이 있으며 이는 곧 조종성능을 결정하는 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 플랩타의 성능평가를 위하여 Re=3.0×104에서 영각에 대응하는 플랩각에 따른 속도 및 에너지 분포를 2-프레임 그레이레벨 상호상관 PIV기법을 이용하여 비교 분석하였다. 또한 영각 10도와 20도에서 전통적인 단동타의 유동특성과 비교하여 플랩타의 성능특성을 평가하였다. 영각 10도에서는 양력, 영각 20도에서는 항력에 의한 측압력을 향상시킬 수 있었다. 영각 10도에서 플랩조작만으로 박리점과 경계층영역의 변화가 가능하였다.