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Quantification of extreme event statistics in ship design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Increased operational demands on Navy vessels extend time at sea and service life, making the accurate prediction of catastrophic failures increasingly challenging. The high value of these capital assets puts great pressure ...
Resilient acquisition : unlocking high-velocity learning with model-based engineering to deliver capability to the fleet faster
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
As the nation's security needs call for a growing naval fleet, the public-private industrial base for construction and weapon system acquisition will be stressed to perform at a high level of operational excellence. While ...
Use of an asymmetric propeller for unmanned underwater vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis describes the development and execution of a test program to determine the suitability of an asymmetric propeller for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). The idea to utilize a single blade propeller had been ...