• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.928-942
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• 2020

The pressure responsiveness property of a skirt-cushion system, which is closely related to the overall performance of Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs), has always been the difficulty and challenging problem involving cushion aerodynamics and flexible skirt dynamics. Based on a widely used bag and finger skirt-cushion system, the pressure responsiveness properties are investigated numerically. The physical process and mechanism are analyzed and a numerical method for evaluating the pressure responsiveness property is proposed. A cushion-skirt information communication platform is also presented for interchanging the force and the skirt configuration between cushion aerodynamics and flexible skirt dynamics. The pressure responsiveness of a typical skirt-cushion system is calculated and the results demonstrate that the pressure responsiveness property helps alleviate the influence of the cushion height changing on the overall performance of ACVs. Finally, the influences of skirt geometrical and cushion aerodynamic parameters on the pressure responsiveness properties are discussed systematically, giving insight into the design of skirt-cushion systems.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2008

In this study, lateral vibration analysis has been conducted on a propulsion and lift shafting system for an air cushion vehicle using ANSYS code. The shafting system is totally flexible multi-elements system including air propeller, aluminum alloy of lift fan and thin walled shaft with flexible coupling. The analysis included the lateral natural frequencies, mode shapes and harmonic analysis of the shafting system taking into account three-dimensional models for propulsion and lifting shaft system. In case of ACV the yawing and pitching rate of craft will be quite high. During yawing and pitching of craft significant gyroscopic moment will be applied to the shafting and will generate high amplitude of lateral vibration. So, such a shafting system has very intricate lateral vibrating characteristics and natural frequencies of shafting must be avoided in the range of operating revolution. The control of lateral vibration is included in this study.

• Selected Papers of The Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.29-46
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• 1994

In this paper, the effect of a skirt deformation on the responses of an Air Cushion Vehicle in waves is investigated. The air in the bag and plenum chamber is assumed to be compressible and to have a uniform pressure distribution in each volume. The free surface deformation is determined in the framework of a linear potential theory by replacing the cushion pressure with the pressure patch which is oscillating and translating uniformly. And the bag-finger skirt assumed to be deformed due to the pressure disturbance while its surface area remained constant. The restoring force and moment due to the deformation of bag-finger skirt from equilibrium shape is incorporated with the equations of heave and pitch motions. The numerical results of motion responses due to various ratios of the bag and cushion pressure or bag-to-finger depth ratios are shown.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 1996

Numerical computations are carried out to analyze the characteristics of flow fields around Air Supported Ships. The computations are performed in a rectangular grid system based on MAC(Marker And Cell) method. The governing equations are represented in finite difference forms by forward differencing in time and centered differencing in space except for its convection terms. For the certification of this numerical analysis method, the computations of flow fields around a Catamaran, an ACV(Air Cushion Vehicle) modeled with pressure distribution on free surface and two SES(Surface Effect Ship)'s are carried out, The results of the present computations are compared with the previously presented computational and experimental results in the same condition.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1995년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.43-48
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• 1995

A numerical computation is carried out to analyse characteristics of flow fields around Air Supported Ships having arbitrary form. The computations are performed in a rectangular grid system with MAC(Marker And Cell) method. The governing equations are represented in a Finite Difference form by forward differencing in time and centered differencing in space except for convection terms. For validation of this numerical analysis method, the computation of flow fields around Catamaran and ACV(Air Cushion Vehicle) with pressure distribution on free surface are done, and that around Surface Effect Ship is also carried out. The results of the computations are compared with the those of existed numerical computation and experimental results with the same condition.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.48-59
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• 1992

본 논문에서는 규칙파중에서 공기부양선의 운동응답에 미치는 스커트의 변형에 대한 연구가 이루어졌다. Bag과 부양실내의 공기는 압축성 유체로 또한 각각의 체적내에서 압력은 공간상으로 일정하다고 가정하였다. 부양압력에 의한 자유표면의 변형은 선형포텐셜 이론을 사용하였으며, 부양압력을 진동하며 일정속도로 전진하는 압력면으로 대치하여 구하였다. Bag-Finger형 스커트는 표면적이 변화하지 않는 상태에서 변형한다고 가정하여, 압력변화와 자유표면 상승에 대한 변형모델을 제시하였고, 스커트의 복원력과 복원모멘트가 공기부양선의 상하동요, 종동요에 미치는 영향을 해석하였다. Bag내의 압력과 부양압력을 변화시키며 또 스커트의 모양을 변화시키면서 파중에서 공기부양선의 운동응답을 계산하였다.