Design of an aerolevitation electric vehicle for high-speed ground transportation system

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-104

  Han, Cheolheui ^a,e   Cho, Jinsoo ^a,e   Moon, Youngjune ^b,f   Yoon, Yonghyun ^c,f   Song, Yongkyu ^d,f  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Korean Air Force Academy   (South Korea)

^d Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^e School of Mechanical Eng   (South Korea)

^f Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; LIFT; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AEROLEVITATION ELECTRIC VEHICLES (AEV); MACH NUMBER; TRACKED WING INGROUND (TWIG); WING-IN-GROUND-EFFECT VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

EID: 13844276856     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.95     Document Type: Article

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