TY - JOUR TI - Minimizing of air consumption for the air cushion with multiple outlet nozzles AU - Kwiatkowski, Dominik AU - Lisowski, Edward TI - Minimizing of air consumption for the air cushion with multiple outlet nozzles AB - The paper presents the results of research on minimizing the air consumption of the air cushions used to move the transport platform. This kind of transport becomes more popular in industry. It is applied especially to move heavy machinery and equipment in factories with hardened floors. The working medium is air. This system has many advantages but it is characterized by high air consumption. The paper takes the issues of searching solutions to minimizing the air consumption. To perform the computational analysis a mathematical model was defined. Simulations were performed by using Maple software. VL - 2013 IS - Mechanika Zeszyt 1-M (5) 2013 PY - 2014 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 221 EP - 227 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.028.1954 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/minimizing-of-air-consumption-for-the-air-cushion-with-multiple-outlet-nozzles KW - air cushion KW - air consumption KW - minimizing KW - Maple