GB938826A - Improvements in or relating to ground effect vehicles - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to ground effect vehicles

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Publication number
GB938826A
GB938826A GB2967661A GB2967661A GB938826A GB 938826 A GB938826 A GB 938826A GB 2967661 A GB2967661 A GB 2967661A GB 2967661 A GB2967661 A GB 2967661A GB 938826 A GB938826 A GB 938826A
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air
orifice
flexible
vehicle
ground
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GB2967661A
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Richard Stanton Jones
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Westland Group PLC
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Westland Aircraft Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/16—Flexible skirts

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid-Damping Devices (AREA)

Abstract

938,826. Air cushion vehicles. WESTLAND AIRCRAFT Ltd. June 27, 1962 [Aug. 17, 1961], No. 29676/61. Class 4. A ground-effect vehicle comprises a rigid structure which is projected against impact by utilisation of the air or gas flow, for generating the ground-effect gaseous cushion, to inflate a flexible structure which forms a buffer. In the embodiment shown, at the bowl of a vehicle, having a floor 2, buoyancy chamber 4, air grid 6, bracing members 5 and main air duct 7, a rigid bow structure 3 is extended by flexible walls 8 and 9 to form a peripheral skirt and gaseous curtain orifice 10, the wall 8 being connected to structure 3 by flexible diaphragms 11. In operation, with pressure air passing from grid 6 for discharge through orifice 10, the pockets formed by wall 8 and diaphragms 11 are inflated and tend to reduce impacts of the rigid structure against waves or solid objects. In a further embodiment the lower ends of walls 8 and 9 are constructed to provide for recirculation of the air issuing from orifice 10 through an outer orifice. The construction can be applied to parts of the vehicle other than the bow. Specification 929,671 is referred to.
GB2967661A 1961-08-17 1961-08-17 Improvements in or relating to ground effect vehicles Expired GB938826A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3420329A (en) * 1965-06-09 1969-01-07 Hovercraft Dev Ltd Gas-cushion vehicles

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3420329A (en) * 1965-06-09 1969-01-07 Hovercraft Dev Ltd Gas-cushion vehicles

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