The hovercraft is a fascinating mechatronic system that possesses the unique ability to float above land or water. Prefabricated modules are combined in an efficient and sophisticated manner and allow for a dramatic reduction of fabrication costs, providing a one-size-fits-all platform that can satisfy a great variety of missions and applications. This paper proposes an innovative method and design philosophy based on a flexible modularized design around which an affordable hovercraft can be built. They have never been produced in great numbers, and for this reason, economies of scale and ultimately affordability were never allowed for.
Hovercrafts represent such an advanced vessel, and although their history spans a width of more than half a century, they haven’t caught on as a popular marine vehicle. A number of modern naval combatants depart from the traditional displacement hullform as they belong to the family of advanced marine vehicles and thus have increased costs.
In trying economic times, reducing costs becomes a primary design priority not only for commercial ships but also for naval combatants. The Hovercraft are fitted with a variety of sensors for intelligent monitoring and surveillance. Another major advantage of using this surface vehicle is it is easy to operate and noiseless compared to conventional vessels that generate wakes at high speeds unlike the ACV.
Its ability to access 75% of littoral allows them to come on shore during emergencies unlike conventional coastguards that have only 5% littoral access and cannot enter shallow water. It aims to monitor territorial waters on a round-the-clock basis and allows the intelligence to take appropriate action to prevent terrorism, illegal smuggling and human trafficking as the continuous use of an aircraft for surveillance is prohibitively expensive along the Indian coastline which is a massive stretch measuring 7,517km.In this paper an Air Cushioned Vehicle (ACV) popularly known as a Hovercraft is chosen for surveillance as it has the ability to traverse any surface compared to other coastguard vessels thereby earning the title of amphibious boats. The purpose of this paper is to design and fabricate an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) for the coastal surveillance for the maritime of India.
0 kommentar(er)
