Attempt to Explore the Efficacy of Energy Production at the Air-Assisted Boat-Type Vehicle Towed in an Open Channel for Transportation Purposes 2022-01-5045

This paper presents an argument relating to air-assisted draft compensation methods in guiding the watercraft on an open channel or a trench. The design of the new boat-type vehicle consists of the air vessel that develops the energy potential at the section between the rectangular open channel and the boat vehicle. The air vessels fitted upside down on the watercraft. The draft of the watercraft changes along with the draft of the air vessels. In this research work, an experimental study examines the effectiveness of a draft compensation method that uses open-bottomed air vessels to reduce the fluid drag resistance of the boat vehicle (Watercraft) under dynamic conditions. An experimental setup with a customized towing tank outlines the parameters that affect the energy potentials at the dynamic conditions. The rail arrangements guide the vehicle while the boat vehicle is towed using the deadweights attached at one end of the towing system. The rail positions are configured to withstand the pressure of the air vessels attached to the boat vehicle when the boat vehicle is pressed downward from the water’s surface. When the rail pressure reduces by placing the payload on the boat vehicle, the towing test detects energy formation between the boat and the channel bed in the water region. Deadweights attached to the end of the towing rope are used to measure the effectiveness of energy production. Experiments were conducted to define the rail positions and the draft positions of the boat vehicle to get the maximum payload for a minimum drag between the bottom of the air vessel and the channel bed. This effect also resembles the levitational concept utilized in the Maglev and Hyperloop that incurs many causes related to the cost and design of high-speed structures. This article deals with the attachment of air vessels with the boat vehicle that ensures the production of additional energy during the propulsion. The air pressure helps improve the characteristics of forwarding dynamics by increasing the surge motion of the proposed water vehicle at the air-water interfaces. It is a method for reliable and affordable air-based transportation, and it has the unique feature of being able to control the water-level requirement according to the scale of payload.