A Synthesis of AALC Program Air Cushion Vehicle Seakeeping Data

Abstract

Seakeeping data for air cushion supported landing craft have been produced during investigations sponsored either directly or indirectly by the Amphibious Assault Landing Craft Program Office. These data have been brought together in this report so that comparisons can be made between the Aerojet General Corporation and Bell Aerospace Company designs. Drag in waves is provided as well as motions from random wave experiments and experiments conducted in surf. Among the data presentations, response amplitude operators and significant motions and accelerations can be found. Various configurations -- from the early C150-50's to the current JEFF boats -- have been considered

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040122

Entities

People

  • Alvin Gersten
  • David W Taylor

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cushion Vehicles
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Corporations
  • Damaged Stability
  • Deep Water
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Impact Acceleration
  • Landing Craft
  • Models
  • Prototypes
  • Scale Models
  • Seakeeping
  • Shape
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space