Design and Development of Hovercraft

Authors

  • Atul Dhale  Mechanical Department, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Avinash Ahuja  Mechanical Department, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Prashant Chanchal  Mechanical Department, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Ratnesh Gupta  Mechanical Department, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Mohit Kushwaha  Mechanical Department, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Hover height, Air gap, Thrust, Static friction, Lift force, Dynamic friction.

Abstract

In today's world, air powered vehicle is newest vehicle for transportation. This vehicle is different from other terrestrial and conventional ones as it moves freely on various kind of surfaces and eliminates any contact with surface. It is supported on self-generated cushion of air. Our projects includes various calculations for thrust and lift forces as well as to study principle of working of hovercraft. Also the hover height that hovercraft hovers was calculated. It was observed that with reduction in static and dynamic frictional forces, less thrust forces was required. In this paper, we have discussed various components of project as well the software implementation part.

References

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology

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Published

2017-12-31

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Volume 2, Issue 2, March-April-2016

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Atul Dhale, Avinash Ahuja, Prashant Chanchal, Ratnesh Gupta, Mohit Kushwaha, " Design and Development of Hovercraft, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.709-712, March-April-2016.