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Aiming at the non-uniformity of the air film between the conveyor belt and the trough during the operation of the air-cushion belt conveyor, a comprehensive study was executed by means of simulation analysis. Firstly, the air cushion pressure was theoretically deduced according to the principle of force balance, and the theoretical distribution expression and curve of air cushion pressure were given. Then, by constructing a gas flow model around the stomata, the pressure and velocity distribution of the flow field near the stomata were deduced, by constructing a cross-sectional gas outflow model, the outflow velocity and pressure distribution of the air cushion along the cross-section were deduced. Finally, the air cushion field was simulated and analyzed based on the fluid dynamics analysis software Fluent, the effects of different pore velocity, pore arrangement and air cushion thickness on the characteristics of the air cushion flow field were studied. The results indicate that air cushion pressure decreases with increasing air cushion thickness. The bearing capacity of the air cushion has a linear relationship with the stomatal flow rate, and the linear ratio is K=41.57. The optimal design parameters for the arrangement of air holes is the aperture of 7 mm and the hole spacing of 75 mm. When the air cushion thickness is 3 mm ～5 mm, air cushion stiffness decreases with increasing air cushion thickness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ObjectiveThis paper aims to reveal the influence law of cushion pressure on the underwater noise radiation of air cushion vehicles (ACVs). MethodsAn ACV is taken as a computational example. First, the forming process of the skirt under cushion pressure is simulated according to the Newton–Raphson iteration method. Second, a numerical model considering skirt-air cushion-water coupling is established via the vibro-acoustic finite element method (FEM) and calibrated based on modal tests. Third, comparisons are made of the sound power level (SWL) of the ACV's underwater radiation noise under different pressure levels on the skirt and different cushion depression depths. ResultsUnderwater radiation noise is found to be positively correlated with air cushion pressure. The overall SWL increases by nearly 0.97 dB while the air cushion pressure increases by 1000 Pa. Increasing the stiffness of the skirt can effectively reduce the underwater radiation noise in the low frequency band, and increasing the cushion depression depth will increase the peak value of the SWL in the higher frequency band, and make the peak position shift to the low frequency direction. ConclusionThe influence law of air cushion pressure revealed in this paper has important guiding significance for evaluating and numerically predicting the acoustic performance of ACVs.

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