Analysis based on probability theory is presented to assist designer of air-cushion vehicle in deciding height at which his vehicle should be capable of operating over open sea, to assure that mission of certain time duration is carried out successfully; output of methodology is tradeoff function between operating height and mission success; method is illustrated for U S Navy air-cushion research vehicle, called "hydroskimmer;" analysis is based on statistical distribution of wavecrest amplitudes in state 3 sea. (30498)
Survival analysis for marine air cushion vehicles
Hovering Craft Hydrofoil
Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil ; 7 , n 12 ; p 20 + 22-23
1968
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Marine air cushion vehicles -- Operational limitations and future developments
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
|Marine air cushion vehicles -- Operational limitations and future developments
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1968
|NTIS | 1969
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