Download or read book An Approach to Estimating the Mission Effectiveness for Feasible Design Alternatives written by Wesley Patterson Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to this approach to estimating the effect of seakeeping on mission effectiveness of a feasible design is the application of a model of the mission as a system wherein the functions which perform the mission have the same relationship to each other as the components do in a physical system. Degradation in performance of the mission is calculated in the same manner as reliability of a system made up of separate components. This model is incorporated into the feasibility study stage of the ship design process, and the modified procedure is described. The approach is illustrated by applying it to a monohull example. Functions necessary to perform a given mission and relationships between separate functions were determined. Physical subsystems which perform those functions were selected and substituted into the functional relationship. A regression-based computer ship synthesis program for destroyer-type ships was used to obtain hull form characteristics necessary to create a prototype hull form. A prototype hull was developed using a hull form generation program which uses parametric cubic splines to build a definition of the ship's hull.
Download or read book Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences written by Wade H. Shafer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and disseminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) * at Purdue University in 1 957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the activity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all con cerned if the printing and distribution of the volumes were handled by an interna tional publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination. Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Cor poration of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 29 (thesis year 1984) a total of 12,637 theses titles from 23 Canadian and 202 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for these titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference work. While Volume 29 reports theses submitted in 1984, on occasion, certain univer sities do report theses submitted in previous years but not reported at the time.
Download or read book Journal written by British Ship Research Association and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists largely of abstracts of articles and papers of interest to shipbuilders, ship owners and marine engineers.
Download or read book Introduction to Space Systems written by Miguel A. Aguirre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definition of all space systems starts with the establishment of its fundamental parameters: requirements to be fulfilled, overall system and satellite design, analysis and design of the critical elements, developmental approach, cost, and schedule. There are only a few texts covering early design of space systems and none of them has been specifically dedicated to it. Furthermore all existing space engineering books concentrate on analysis. None of them deal with space system synthesis – with the interrelations between all the elements of the space system. Introduction to Space Systems concentrates on understanding the interaction between all the forces, both technical and non-technical, which influence the definition of a space system. This book refers to the entire system: space and ground segments, mission objectives as well as to cost, risk, and mission success probabilities. Introduction to Space Systems is divided into two parts. The first part analyzes the process of space system design in an abstract way. The second part of the book focuses on concrete aspects of the space system design process. It concentrates on interactions between design decisions and uses past design examples to illustrate these interactions. The idea is for the reader to acquire a good insight in what is a good design by analyzing these past designs.
Download or read book NASA Systems Engineering Handbook written by Stephen J. Kapurch and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides general guidance and information on systems engineering that will be useful to the NASA community. It provides a generic description of Systems Engineering (SE) as it should be applied throughout NASA. The handbook will increase awareness and consistency across the Agency and advance the practice of SE. This handbook provides perspectives relevant to NASA and data particular to NASA. Covers general concepts and generic descriptions of processes, tools, and techniques. It provides information on systems engineering best practices and pitfalls to avoid. Describes systems engineering as it should be applied to the development and implementation of large and small NASA programs and projects. Charts and tables.
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