Accession Number:

AD0753781

Title:

Fabric Properties and the Wear of Hovercraft Fingers.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (ENGLAND)

Personal Author(s):

• Swallow,J. E.
• Cadwell,J. H.
• Webb,M.

Report Date:

1971-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

The wear of fingers made from 16 types of coated fabric has been studied on an SRN 5 hovercraft operated by the Interservices Hovercraft Unit. Laboratory determinations of a number of properties of these fabrics have been made, and the results correlated with the wear behaviour using correlation and factor analysis techniques. The extent to which the laboratory tests enable wear to be predicted has been investigated. Author

Descriptors:

• *GROUND EFFECT MACHINES
• TEXTILES
• WEAR RESISTANCE
• FAIRINGS
• NYLON
• COATINGS
• POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
• SYNTHETIC RUBBER
• RUBBER
• FRICTION
• FLEXURAL STRENGTH
• DEGRADATION
• FACTOR ANALYSIS
• UNITED KINGDOM

Subject Categories:

• Textiles
• Surface Effect Vehicles and Amphibious Vehicles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE