A CONCEPT OF WING-IN-SURFACE-EFFECT CRAFT AS A FUTURE PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN JAPAN

The paper analyzes the present state of Japanese inland transportation on 530 routes by sea, air and land taking into consideration fare, speed, range, time required and frequency per day. It is found that a desirable performance for future fast sea transportation is 50-500 km range, 100 kt of speed under sea state 6 with a fare less than 50 yen/km. The requirement will be the same in many Asian and Pacific countries. A possible practical means to satisfy the requirement is a wing-in-surface-effect craft for 50 passengers flying at 3m altitude. Technical consideration shows that this type of craft can be designed and constructed using existing technology.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Fast '93, 2nd Intl Conf on Fast Sea Transportation; 13-16 Dec 1993; Yokohama, Japan. Sponsored by Min Transport, Japan & Sasakawa Foundation. Procs. Pubs by Soc Naval Architects of Japan, 1993, ISBN 4-930966-00-0. Vol 2, p 1573 [12 p, 9 ref, 8 fig]
• Authors:
  • Kubo, S
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft wings; Passenger transportation; Surface effect ships
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00710023
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM