This page is to provide papers and guidance materials directly from our database, and links to external sources. Coverage will be cushion system design and propulsion system design including selection of fans and propellers.
Our first paper is by Malcolm Cox and Charles Eden, presented at an RINA Conference in 1997. The paper is presented with permission of Malcolm and Charles. To go to the paper, click on the title.
Others will follow, together with reference listings.
For later listings concerning external papers if available electronically we will include the appropriate link into the title.
International Conference – Air Cushion Vehicles – December 1997
Sponsored by RINA, RaeS, and The Hovercraft Society
Paper No 3
Fans and Propellers for Air Cushion Vehicles – Past, Present and Future by M J Cox and CB Eden
Summary
From the earliest efforts to produce air cushion vehicles (ACVs), designers have needed to adopt available technology from other industries. These technologies have included engine, materials and turbomachinery. This paper focusses on air propellers and lift fans and shows how early examples were borrowed from the aircraft and ventilation industries respectively. While the ACV industry has evolved its own propeller designs to suit its specialised requirements, innovation in lift system design has been more conservative. It is argued that lift systems need to be improved alongside propellers in the future to optimise the cost-effective performance of all air cushion supported vehicles.
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