Overview
- Covers new developments in resistance reduction for both large displacement ships and smaller high speed vessels which have improved performance, fuel efficiency, motions and accelerations
- Details design methods and applications, technology developments and fundamentals of Air Lubrication and Air Cavity systems together with propulsion system interaction allowing readers to investigate and design vessels including this technology
- Introduces the primary contributions to technology developments from Russia and Ukraine as well as Norway, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands, USA, UK, Finland and China
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Gennadiy Pavlov is a Maritime Engineer who has worked on development of a number of High Performance Marine Vessels including Air Cavity Craft at More Shipbuilding Association, Feodosiya, Crimea.
Liang Yun is a professor who has worked on High Performance Marine Vessels including Air Cushion Vehicles, Surface Effect Ships, Wing in Ground Effect Craft, High Speed Catamarans and Hydrofoils at the Marine Design and Research Institute of China.
Alan Bliault is a Naval Architect who has worked on hydrodynamics and design of Air Cushion Vehicles at Vosper Thornycroft in UK and has continued research for high speed marine vessels throughout his career.
Shu-Long He is Deputy Director of the High Performance Marine Vessels Research & Design Department, of the China Ship Scientific Research Center, Wuxi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Air Lubricated and Air Cavity Ships
Book Subtitle: Development, Design, and Application
Authors: Gennadiy Alexeevitch Pavlov, Liang Yun, Alan Bliault, Shu-Long He
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0425-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-0423-6
eBook ISBN: 978-1-0716-0425-0
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 469
Number of Illustrations: 192 b/w illustrations, 115 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Design, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Transportation