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Design of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) charging system for underway, underwater recharging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Modern robotics have enabled the rapid proliferation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) throughout the marine environment. As autonomy algorithms increase in robustness, complexity, and reliability, so too does the ...
Toward robust active semantic SLAM via Max-Mixtures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In a step towards the level of autonomy seen in humans, this work attempts to emulate a high level and low level approach to world representation and short term adaptation. Specifically, this work demonstrates an implementation ...
Dynamic pressures and plating response in a medium speed planing hull
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959)
Design and analysis of US Navy shipbuilding contract architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Contracting for US Navy ship procurement is complex due several factors such as budgetary and political concerns, sole or near sole source environments, and long lead-time construction. In the current climate of shrinking ...
Design space exploration and optimization using modern ship design tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Modern Naval Architects use a variety of computer design tools to explore feasible options for clean sheet ship designs. Under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division ...
Risk based decision making for the deferment of U.S. Navy submarine maintenance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Maintenance of United States Navy submarines is a complex set of operations comprised of scheduling, budgeting, and executing a continuous stream of work across multiple vessels in the same maintenance facility year after ...
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 ...
Z-source circuit breakers in naval power systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
New power system components and control systems are required to facilitate the U.S. Navy's move to medium voltage direct current power (MVDC) systems on future vessels. Integrating the z-source circuit breaker into a ...
Naval additive manufacturing : bridging the gap between research and implementation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as three-dimensional printing, presents numerous advantages over traditional production methods, including design-to-end-use process reduction and on-demand generation of needed ...
Design, evaluation, and validation of a naval ship structural health monitoring tool
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
The US Navy implements structural preventative maintenance procedures onboard its vessels using ship's personnel inspection. These procedures have been largely successful in identifying major problem areas before any ...