TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC RESULTS OF THE USE OF AIR CUSHION IN GROUND TRANSPORTATION

A tentative summary has been made of the possible impact of the use of air cushion in the field of passenger ground transportation aboard a guided vehicle, derived from more than fifteen years of research and development including over 1000 hours of full-scale tests. Basic technical features of air cushion and especially of plenum chambers are recalled with their consequences on guideway and vehicle design, guideway-vehicle interaction and passenger comfort. After giving proper consideration to the speed range in which convenient modes of propulsion can be associated with air cushion suspension to develop a technically feasible system, economical data are proposed. They show clearly the the wide areas where air cushion vehicles of described technology can be used.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared for Meeting 8-12 January 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  485 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Garnault, A
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Tracked air cushion vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047390
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: 730161 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM