GAS-TURBINE ENGINES OF HIGH-SPEED SHIPS

The report is devoted to the questions involved in the theory and designing of gas-turbine engines and installations for hovercraft and hydrofoil ships. Considerable attention is diverted to the questions of the engine and propelling agent's interaction under the specific conditions of a ship using hydrofoils or an air cushion, as well as to the questions of using gas-turbine engines (GTE) on the air-cushion and hydrofoil type of ships, etc. The book is oriented toward engineers, designers and specialists on the hydrofoil and hovercraft power units.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Translation of monograph Gazoturbinnye Ustanovki Bystrokhodnykh Sudov, Leningrad, 1969, 323p, by Lloyd G. Robbins.
• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Ship Systems Command

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Kurzon, A G
  • Mezheritskii, A D
  • Mityushkin, Y I
  • Tikhoplav, V Y
  • Topunov, A M
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 331 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cushion vehicles; Gas turbines; Hydrofoil boats; Propulsion
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrofoil craft
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00024848
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NAVSHIPS-Trans-1244
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1973 12:00AM