RESULTS OF ROUGH WATER TRIALS ON A FSHV (FULL SCALE HYDRODYNAMIC VEHICLE) REPRESENTING AN LVA PLANING HULL CONCEPT

The LVA (Landing Vehicle Assault) is a proposed amphibious personnel carrier that is to have a speed in excess of 25 mph over the water. Among the concepts envisaged to achieve this are planing hull designs, and the purpose of these tests was to investigate the seakeeping performance of one such design using a prototype full-scale craft which was not, however, equipped with the tracks needed for amphibious operation.

• Corporate Authors:

  David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center

  Ship Performance Department
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20084
• Authors:
  • Gersten, A
  • Dixon, W B
  • Peters, J B
• Publication Date: 1979-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 77 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Amphibious operations; Hulls; Hydroplanes; Landing craft; Prototype tests; Seakeeping; Ship trials; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314991
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: DTNSRDC-SPD-0892-01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1980 12:00AM