МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ ЭФФЕКТИВНЫХ И ЭКОЛОГИЧНЫХ АМФИБИЙНЫХ СУДОВ НА ВОЗДУШНОЙ ПОДУШКЕ ДЛЯ АРКТИКИ И ДАЛЬНЕГО ВОСТОКА

Amphibious hovercrafts (AH) are shown to be promising as an energy and environmentally efficient solution of the transport problems of the Russian north, but the known designs are not fit for it. A new software package has been developed for support of R&D of new AH designs, which implements mathematical models of AH, that take into account the dynamics of AH movement on water and solid horizontal and inclined surfaces with different roughness and large obstacles (ridges), various types of propulsors (contact wheels, aerodynamic propellers, paddle wheels), skirts (classical and consisting of flexible cones), blowers, motors, etc. Detailed 3D calculations have been carried out. The advantages of new, nontraditional designs of AH for the Russian North are shown.