Basic Theories of Air Cushion Vehicles

Abstract

The authors have succeeded in blending general information about air cushion vehicles (background information such as history, basic features of designs, and prospects for their development by the major sea powers of the world) with detailed studies of the major hydro-aerodynamic problems encountered by design engineers (concerning theories in the areas of speed, stability, manueverability and seaworthy capabilities of these strange, new craft). The result is a combination formal-informal guide which will enthuse, as well as inform, both students and technical engineers of the shipbuilding industry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0742425

Entities

People

  • V. K. Dyachenko
  • Yu. Yu. Benya

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircrafts
  • Boats
  • Buoyancy
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineers
  • Geometry
  • Ground Effect Machines
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Marine Transportation
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Naval Architecture
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Rudders
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.