The difficult lives of workers in a manufacturing industry can be improved by the use of a simple ‘Hovercraft’. This vehicle runs on air from the pressure lines in any industry. Since there is zero resistance between the smooth surface and the craft, the effort to move very heavy bodies is reduced significantly. The craft with a specially designed skirting shape will allow it to lift the load placed on it with ease. There would be eddy formation and stability would need to be taken into account. Hovercraft has been designed before but its application in industries is of the level of innovation (atleast in India for the moment). Many shapes of the hovercraft can be used and experimented with, but we have mainly stuck to the rectangular one. This technology will be very cheap and will sort out a lot of problems in industries. It will save a chunk of the transportation money. Braking is a big problem in the design, but can be overcome by new types of brakes. As the load taken by the hovercraft is proportional to the size, space limitations also imply. So in all it will, as stated earlier, save time, money and energy of the workers.
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ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 30–September 2, 2009
San Diego, California, USA
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- Design Engineering Division and Computers in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4905-7
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Prerna Gera,
Prerna Gera
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Sayan Sarkar,
Sayan Sarkar
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Rameshwaranand Jha,
Rameshwaranand Jha
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Rishi Raj,
Rishi Raj
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Rishi Bardhan,
Rishi Bardhan
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Vikas,
Vikas
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Siddharth Gupta
Siddharth Gupta
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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Prerna Gera
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
Sayan Sarkar
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
Rameshwaranand Jha
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
Rishi Raj
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
Rishi Bardhan
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
Vikas
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
Siddharth Gupta
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, TN, India
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DETC2009-86177, pp. 665-674; 10 pages
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July 29, 2010
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Gera, P, Sarkar, S, Jha, R, Raj, R, Bardhan, R, Vikas, , & Gupta, S. "Design, Fabrication and Industrial Application of a Miniature Hovercraft." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 8: 14th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 6th Symposium on International Design and Design Education; 21st International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Parts A and B. San Diego, California, USA. August 30–September 2, 2009. pp. 665-674. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2009-86177
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