SURFACE-EFFECT VEHICLES,

Abstract

The book presents a brief history survey of the development of a new means of transportation - surface-effect vehicles - and various types of these vehicles constructed abroad are described. The main features of near-surface aerodynamics, on the basis of which are created high-speed surface effect vehicles, are considered. Classification and description are presented of basic design features of foreign surface-effect vehicles, their hulls, power plants and starting devices, and also the results of testing these crafts. Their seaworthiness and problems of flight stability are considered. Finally, the aerodynamic and power advantages of surface-effect vehicles and their position in the overall system of vessels and crafts using new principles of motion, and also the short-range prospects of surface-effect vehicle development are shown. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0694582

Entities

People

  • N. I. Belavin

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamics
  • Classification
  • Land Transportation
  • Seaworthiness
  • Surface Effect Vehicles
  • Surface Transportation
  • Transportation
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design