WIG Craft and Ekranoplan: Ground Effect Craft Technology

by Alan Bliault, Liang Yun, Johnny Doo, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441900411
• ISBN13: 9781441900418
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"