Organised by:
The Unites States Hovercraft Society, Canadian Air Cushion Technology Society
and Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute
Held at Radisson Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
27th to 29th September 1988
Transport Canada Publication TP8879
Overview
This conference gathered 75 attendees involved in research, design and production as well as representatives of operator companies, from USA, Canada and Europe.
This material has been digitised from a hard copy of the transactions held in the library of THS Technical Secretary 2024. The United States Hovercraft Society was linked to The Hovercraft Society in the UK.
This Conference presented a total of 14 papers covering design expertise and operational experience with Hovercraft and SES through the 1980’s. Subjects covered ranged from SES development with the US Navy to Commercial SES development, the LCAC cold weather testing and the operating manual published by the USN, to hovercraft in Antarctica and analysis of skirt geometry.
The conference programme and papers can be accessed in pdf form by clicking on the titles. They will appear as a new window on your system.
Conference Programme
This contains the table of contents for the conference transactions together with a collection of photos from the conference, and the text from the conference dinner speaker.
The Conference dinner speech ‘From air cushion to surface effect vessels: a Marine Corps view’ was given by Col. M B Darling, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarter USMC, Washington DC, USA.
Session 1, Design and Development
Paper 1: Development of the US Army’s pontoon air cushion kit (PACK)
Daniel Wilkins, Band Lavis & Associates
M J Plackett, M J Plackett & Associates
Robert Church, David Taylor Research Center
Paper 3: Computer -aided conceptual design of surface-effect ships
D R Lavis and B G Forstell, Band Lavis & Associates
Paper 4: Jetrider SES 300 Passenger Ferry Development
Ola Gulberg, Karlskronavarvet AB, Sweden
Session 2, ACV Analysis and Testing
Paper 5: Some thoughts on ACV structural impact design requirements
R G Wade, Ship Safety, Canadian Coast Guard, Ottowa, Canada
Paper 6: Heave stiffness of a bag and finger skirt
T Ma and DR P A Sullivan, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Paper 7: The static formation of three-dimensional bag-finger skirt
Y N Xie, N Zheng and G Z He, Marine Design and Research Institute of China
(presented by J E Laframboise)
Paper 8: The US naval landing craft, air cushion LCAC 008, cold weather tests
J Ehrhardt, NAVSEA, U S Navy, Washington DC, USA
Session 3, Manufacturing, Operations and Economics
Paper 9: Impact of the Aerotrain on regional economic development
J Buy, Centre de recherche en économie régionale, Ottowa, Canada
Paper 10: Computer integrated manufacturing: Technology trends 1974-1999
C R Payne, Hovercraft Fabrics Ltd, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Paper 11: SEOPS Manual: Navy hovercraft operations
D C Braa and D Rayner, Naval Coastal Center, Halifax Engineering, USA
Paper 12: Hovercraft support in Antarctica
H C Cook, Hover Systems Inc, Eddystone, Philadelphia, USA
Paper 13: Economic evaluation of Air Cushion Vehicles in support of Arctic offshore oil development
D F Dickins, D F Dickins Associates ltd, Vancouver, Canada
(presented by J E Laframboise)
Session 4, Linear Propulsion
Paper 14: Linear propeller prototype development 1988
C Ives, Hudex Ltd, Hudson Heights, Quebec, Canada
J Wubbolts, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Text prepared 28.11.2024
A Bliault
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