TY - BOOK ID - 8134538 TI - WIG Craft and ekranoplan : ground effect craft technology AU - Yun, Liang. AU - Bliault, Alan. AU - Doo, Johnny. PY - 2010 SN - 1489983171 1441900411 9786612838194 144190042X 1282838199 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Engineering. KW - Technology. KW - Wing-in-ground-effect machines. KW - Wing-in-ground-effect machines KW - Military & Naval Science KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Naval Architecture KW - Automotive Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Ground-effect machines. KW - Air-bearing vehicles KW - Air-cushion vehicles KW - Ground pressure vehicles, Minimum KW - Ground proximity machines KW - Hovercraft KW - Ekranoplan KW - Mechanics. KW - Mechanics, Applied. KW - Engineering design. KW - Automotive engineering. KW - Automotive Engineering. KW - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. KW - Engineering Design. KW - Ground-cushion phenomenon KW - Motor vehicles KW - Lift fans KW - Ground-effect machines KW - Mechanics, applied. KW - Design, Engineering KW - Engineering KW - Industrial design KW - Strains and stresses KW - Applied mechanics KW - Engineering, Mechanical KW - Engineering mathematics KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Design KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Automobiles KW - Design and construction. KW - Automotive engineering KW - Automobile engineering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8134538 AB - WIGs (Wing in Ground) are advanced hybrid air cushion crafts and they offer the combination of speed, fuel efficiency, and ride smoothness. WIG rides above the surface like an airplane on a dynamic air cushion that is produced by the vessel’s forward motion. The adoption of WIG has been slow due to the complicated technology issues surrounding the vessel; it is a hybrid vehicle that combines marine and aviation theory, wing theory and air cushion theory, aerodynamic and hydrodynamic theory. "WIG Craft and Ekranoplan: Ground Effect Craft Technology" provides a comprehensive overview of the design, development and building of WIG vessels. Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative applications, Liang Yun, Alan Bliault and Johnny Doo discuss: Basic principles of WIG craft technology State of the art overview of WIG craft technology in the United States, Russia, Germany, China and Australia Material and structural design of WIG craft Lift and propulsion systems of WIG craft WIG Craft and Ekranoplan: Ground Effect Craft Technology will be of interest to naval engineers, aviation engineers, naval architects, and mechanical engineers interested in the development and research of wing in ground (WIG) and high performance marine vehicles. ER -