Organised by:
The Unites States Hovercraft Society, Canadian Air Cushion Technology Society
and Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute
Held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rockville, Maryland, USA
September 1985
Overview
This Conference presented 5 papers covering design expertise and operational experience with Hovercraft and skirt systems. Subjects covered included the Air Cushion Vehicle ‘Larus’ built in Finland, hydrodynamics and dynamics of pericell and segmented skirt systems, skirt materials technology, and development of an air cushion equipment transporter.
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Conference Programme
Records available to THS do not include a full programme of the conference.
Papers presented
Paper 1: Introduction of the Air Cushion Vehicle ‘Larus’ to the American Market
Eero Makinen, Wartsila Arctic inc.
John Wainwright, Arctic Transportation Ltd.
Paper 2: Pitch and Roll Hydrodynamics of a pericell hovercraft
David D Moran, David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Maryland
Paper 3: Air Cushion Vehicle Skirt Systems
Carson D Payne, Hovercraft Fabrics Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paper 4: Development of the Air Cushion Equipment Transporter
R W Helm, Bell Aerospace Canada Textron
Paper 5: Nonlinear Dynamics of a Segmented Skirt Air Cushion
T A Graham and P A Sullivan, Institute for Aerospace studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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