Design proposal of WIG in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24603017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: ISHII Akira 九州大学, 芸術工学研究科(研究院), 教授 (80325571)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AZUMA Daisuke 久留米工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (20461543) ; TAKENOUCHI Kazuki 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 准教授 (90207001)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地面効果 / 翼端渦 / 燃費

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A ground-effect wing machine is transportation equipment gliding on the ground or the surface of the water. When a plane flies the sky, the big vortex called the wingtip whirlpool occurs from the both ends of the wing and this becomes the resistance and is connected for energy loss. The wing which bent the wingtip called the wing let appears to decrease this wingtip whirlpool, but, as for the ground-effect wing machine, big mileage improvement is possible.

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