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AIR CUSHION VEHICLE [9 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
  • Water Transport
CONT

Britain's experimental hovertrain, designed to carry passengers at speeds of up to 300 miles an hour, made its first public run today... It is based on two inventions : the peripheral jet air cushion, which gives the vehicle support and guidance and the linear electric motor, which provides propulsion and braking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères
  • Transport par eau
CONT

C'est la technique du coussin d'air à jet périphérique. Elle est mise au point par la Société Hovercraft Unit, qui constitue au sein du National Physical Laboratory la division chargée d'étudier les véhicules marins sur coussin d'air et par la Société Tracked Hovercraft Ltd, qui développe [l'aérotrain].

OBS

Dans ce système, l'air est distribué par une fente qui fait le tour de l'appareil et forme ainsi un rideau qui empêche l'air du coussin de s'échapper.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
OBS

Air cushion vehicle dependent upon forward speed to develop lift.

Key term(s)
  • aerodynamic air cushion vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
OBS

Air cushion vehicle supported by a self-generated cushion of air.

Key term(s)
  • aerostatic air cushion vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
  • Special Water Transport
DEF

A vehicle capable of being operated so that its weight, including its payload, is wholly or significantly supported on a cushion of air generated continuously at higher than ambient pressure.

OBS

The term "ground effect machine"(GEM) is often used in the same sense as air cushion vehicle. The latter is preferred because GEM has a wider meaning covering a wide range of devices which enable a body to hover in close proximity to a fixed surface.

OBS

air cushion vehicle : term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
DEF

Véhicule pouvant être mis en œuvre de telle façon que sa masse, y compris la charge utile, soit supportée totalement ou en grande partie par un coussin d'air continuellement régénéré à une pression supérieure à la pression ambiante.

OBS

aéroglisseur : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

aéroglisseur : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidroplanos e hidrodeslizadores
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
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Record 5 2000-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation of the Future
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
DEF

A mechanical device using trapped air to arrest motion without shock.

CONT

... the air cushion greatly reduces friction between moving vehicle and the surface over which it travels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports futuristes
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères
DEF

Mode de sustentation permettant de maintenir à quelques centimètres de la surface du sol ou de l'eau un véhicule propulsé par hélice ou par réaction.

CONT

Dans le coussin d'air, l'air est insufflé dans une ou plusieurs cloches placées sous le châssis du véhicule et s'échappe par l'interstice existant entre l'élément portant (sol ou eau) et l'entourage de la cloche. Celui-ci, rigide à l'origine, est devenu souple avec l'invention de la jupe [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
OBS

Calgary, Alberta : Corvus Pub., 1977?-. Canadian wings : November 1964-June/July 1976. Issue for May 1967 has title : Canadian wings and air cushion review. Issues for June-December and March-November 1968 have title : Canadian wings and ACV review. Vols. for April 1967-December 1968 include Air cushion vehicle review.

Key term(s)
  • Canada's national aviation magazine
  • National aviation magazine
  • Canadian aviation magazine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerotrains (Rail Transport)
DEF

a propeller-driven vehicle that rides on a cushion of air astride a single rail.

DEF

An experimental high-speed train that rides on a cushion of air over a concrete guide track in the shape of an inverted T and is propelled by one or more propellers or jet engines.

CONT

The system uses air-cushion pads above and at the side of a single concrete track to support the "aerotrain", while propulsion is via a large ducted fan mounted at the rear.

OBS

The tradename SkyTrain used in Vancouver rail system denotes not the Aerotrain (hovertrain) but a very light and speedy regular train.

Key term(s)
  • sky train

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotrains (Transport par rail)
DEF

[...] véhicule qui comporte des coussins de guidage disposés, de part et d'autre d'un mur vertical en béton; la voie a la forme d'un T inversé; des coussins disposés au-dessus des parties horizontales supportent le poids du véhicule. [...] La propulsion est assurée [...] par une hélice [...] entraînée par un turbopropulseur [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerotrains (Rail Transport)
OBS

voir : tracked air cushion vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotrains (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Water Transport
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
OBS

(air cushion vehicle)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères

Spanish

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