Proceedings of the International Conference on Air Cushion Vehicles (ACV’s), London, UK, December 3, 1997, Royal Institution of Naval Architects, RINA, ISBN: 0-903055 35 X (summary)

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

on

AIR CUSHION V E H I C L E S

(ACVs)

3 D E C E M B E R 1997 L O N D O N

PROCEEDINGS

THE R O Y A L INSTITUTION OF N A V A L ARCHITECTS

RINA

in association with the

ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY & THE HOVERCRAFT SOCIETY

RAPID MARINE TRANSPORT GROUP & SMALL CRAFT GROUP

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES

(ACVs)

at the

Weir Lecture Hall, RINA, London SW1

3 December 1997

© 1997 The Royal Institution of Naval Architects

The Institution is not, as a body, responsible for the opinions expressed by the individual authors or speakers.

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CONTENTS

SESSION 1 - ACV TECHNOLOGY - THE STATE OF THE ART

ADVANCED HOVERCRAFT - SKIRT TECHNOLOGY

by D R Lavis, B G Forstell, and C Jiang, Band, Lavis & Associates, Inc. (USA)

AEROELASTIC AND HYDROELASTIC DYNAMIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF HOVERCRAFT RESPONSIVE SKIRT

by M Tao, Marine Design & Research Institute of China and P A Sullivan,

University of Toronto (China & Canada)

FANS AND PROPELLERS FOR AIR CUSHION VEHICLES - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

by M J Cox, Hovercraft Consultants Ltd, and C B Eden, Air Vehicles Ltd (UK)

SESSION II - DESIGN

AIR CUSHION PASSENGER/VEHICLE FERRIES FOR WEST BALTIC ROUTES - A PROPOSAL

by T Jastrzebski, R Michalski and W Chadzynski, Technical University of Szczecin (Poland)

NON-LINEAR MOTIONS OF SURFACE EFFECT SHIPS

by J Moulijn, Delft University of Technology (Netheriands)

AERODYNAMICAL LIFT-FAN SYSTEM PROBLEMS AND DYNAMIC STABILITY OF ACVs

by A A Dolgopolov, L A Maslov, V V Mitrofovich and S A Isakovich, Central

SESSION ill - MILITARY ACVs

7. NAVAL HOVERCRAFT - WHAT NAVAL HOVERCRAFT?

by B J Russell, Hovercraft Society (UK)

8. THIRD GENERATION, MEDIUM-LIFT HOVERCRAFT FOR MODERN

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS

by S E Southby-Tailyour, Ewen Southby-Tailyour Associates - Amphibious Consultants (UK)

9. MCM SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SWEDISH NAVY BASED ON AIR CUSHION TECHNOLOGY

by M Örnfelt, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Sweden)

10. THE SRN4 HOVERCRAFT SO FAR - TECHNICAL & OPERATIONAL ASPECTS

by L Heatley - Hoverspeed Ltd (UK)

11. EFFECT OF ECONOMICAL ASPECTS ON FAST SPEED CRAFT

DESIGN PARAMETERS

by V A Abramovsky, Central Marine Design Bureau 'Almaz', Saint-Petersburg

and A V Abramovsky, Saint-Petersburg State Marine Technical University (Russia)

12. SUMMARY REPORT OF DISCUSSIONS