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Wig Craft and Ekranoplan
Yun, Liang; Bliault, Alan; Doo, Johnny
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Description for Wig Craft and Ekranoplan
Hardback. WIGs (Wing in Ground) are advanced hybrid air cushion crafts that offer a combination of speed, fuel efficiency, and ride smoothness. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the design, development and building of these vessels. Num Pages: 450 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1840.
In the last half-century, high-speed water transportation has developed rapidly. Novel high-performance marine vehicles, such as the air cushion vehicle (ACV), surface effect ship (SES), high-speed monohull craft (MHC), catamaran (CAT), hydrofoil craft (HYC), wave-piercing craft (WPC) and small water area twin hull craft (SWATH) have all developed as concepts, achieving varying degrees of commercial and military success. Prototype ACV and SES have achieved speeds of 100 knots in at calm con- tions; however, the normal cruising speed for commercial operations has remained around 35–50 knots. This is partly due to increased drag in an average coastal s- way where ... Read more
In the last half-century, high-speed water transportation has developed rapidly. Novel high-performance marine vehicles, such as the air cushion vehicle (ACV), surface effect ship (SES), high-speed monohull craft (MHC), catamaran (CAT), hydrofoil craft (HYC), wave-piercing craft (WPC) and small water area twin hull craft (SWATH) have all developed as concepts, achieving varying degrees of commercial and military success. Prototype ACV and SES have achieved speeds of 100 knots in at calm con- tions; however, the normal cruising speed for commercial operations has remained around 35–50 knots. This is partly due to increased drag in an average coastal s- way where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441900418
SKU
V9781441900418
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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