RINA
AIR CUSHION V E H I C L E S AND S U R F A C E
E F F E C T C R A F T
1 7 - 1 8 November 2009
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Air Cushion Vehicles and Surface Effect Craft
AUTHORS' CONTACT DETAILS
D.R. Lavis,
CDI Marine-Band Lavis Division, USA david.lavis@cdicorp.com
M. Rishehri
mahdirishehri@gmail.com
B. Russell,
Editor, Hovercraft Society Brianatjellicoe@aol.com J . Hamilton, KBR UK Ltd, UK James.Hamiltonl@kbr.com D. Stinton aeromarine.ds@btinternet.com N H Cross,
Military Book Library, UK +44(0)1833650529
L . J . Doctors,
The University of New Soidh Wales, Australia L.Doctors@unsw.edu.au
G . K . Taylor,
Hypercraft Associates Ltd, England mail@hypercraft-associates.com L . G . W. Turner, Hovertrans International Ltd, UK dan@hovertrans.com C . Ross, QinetiQ cwross@qinetiq.com U. S. Tudem
Effect Ships International AS, Norway ulf.tudem@brygga.no
G . L . Peterson
The Boeing Company, USA greg.l.peterson@boeing.com
A, Dehghanian
Air Marine Research Center,IRAN ali_dehghanian@yahoo.com
Air Ctisliion Vefiicles and Surface Effect Craft
CONTENTS
F I F T Y Y E A R S AND M O R E O F H O V E R C R A F T D E V E L O P M E N T
D.R. Lavis, MSc, CEng, FRINA. CDI Marine-Band Lavis Division, USA
H O V E R C R A F T S O C I E T Y R E V I E W
Brian J. Russell, Editor, Hovercraft Society
L A R G E H O V E R B A R G E A I R C U S H I O N S I M U L A T I O N
J Hamilton, KBR UK Ltd, UK
M Cox, Hovercraft Consultants Ltd. UK
E M E R G E N C Y AND D I S A S T E R R E L I E F - U S E O F S U R F A C E - E F F E C T A I R C R A F T
Darrol Stinton
W - I - G / A I R S E A I N T E R F A C E : O V E R W A T E R T R A N S P O R T A T I O N , D E S I G N S , AND P R O G R E S S .
N H Cross, Militaiy Book Libraty, UK.
C A L M - W A T E R R E S I S T A N C E P R E D I C T I O N O F A S U R F A C E - E F F E C T S H I P
Kevin J. Maki, University of Michigan, USA
Lawrence J. Doctors, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Riccardo BrogUa and Andrea Di Mascio, The Italian Ship Model Basin, Italy Chris McKesson, Alion Science and Technology, USA
C O M M E R C I A L D Y N A M I C S : H O W T O M A K E M O N E Y O U T O F W I G .
G K Taylor, Hypercraft Associates Ltd, England
F L O O D S U P P O R T & R E S C U E - A N E W S O L U T I O N
D GW Turner, Hovertrans International Ltd, UK
D E S I G N AND C O N S T R U C T I O N O F T H E P A C S C A T I S D C
Christopher Ross, QinetiQ
John Grifford, Griffon Hovercraft
D E S I G N D E V E L O P M E N T , P R O T O T Y P E C O N S T R U C T I O N AND T E S T O U T F I T T I N G O F T H E N E W A I R S U P P O R T E D M O N O H U L L B Y E F F E C T SHIPS I N T E R N A T I O N A L A S .
US Tudem and TKLivgard, Effect Ships International AS, Norway
T U R N I N G T H E R O T O R C R A F T I N D U S T R Y U P S I D E D O W N
G L Peterson and J R Damron, The Boeing Company, USA
W J Flatt, Marinette Marine Corporation - a FINCANTIERI company, USA
