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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"amphibious"”.
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Amphibious operation simulation.
… needs a support system for making decisions in amphibious operations. A personal computer would be helpful in saving time manipulating the information used to make decisions in amphibious operations.
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Recapitalization of Amphibious Operation and Lift
… comprise just over one third of the amphibious navy. However, a solution to the capability gap created by the loss of these ships is needed to maintain the effectiveness of the amphibious fleet across a broad spectrum of mission areas. This research effort considers future ship …
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A Prescriptive Criterion for Amphibious Foundation Design
… several weeks or months, if not more. The use of amphibious structures as a flood risk mitigation technique has currently only been implemented in individual or small-scale development. Information on the structural design of such buildings is limited and most of the current knowledge regarding …
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The Amphibious Fungi of the San Marcos River
No abstract prepared.
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Aquapod: the design of small amphibious tumbling robot.
University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. June 2012. Major: Mechanical engineering. Advisor:Nikos Papanikolopoulos. 1 computer file (PDF); viii, 86 pages, appendices A-B.
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Design of a prototype autonomous amphibious WHEGS robot for surf-zone operations
The Small Robot Initiative at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has spent several years in development based on the Foster Miller lemmings platform. This platform, in conjunction with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) control architecture, is capable of autonomous, land based waypoint navigation, …
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Parametric cost estimation utilizing development-to-production cost relationship applied to the advanced amphibious assault vehicle
… The final CERs provide insight into Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) production cost and possible acquisition strategies.
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BIOMECHANICS OF AN AMPHIBIOUS FISH: MORPHOLOGY, KINEMATICS, KINETICS, AND MOTOR CONTROL OF THE MANGROVE RIVULUS, KRYPTOLEBIAS MARMORATUS (CYPRINODONTIFORMES)
… have a terrific example providing insight that amphibious behavior might be more common than previously thought.
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Aspects of the spatial and behavioural ecology of Hippopotamus amphibious in the Saint Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is endemic to Africa but threatened by range restriction, exploitation and competition with humans and domestic livestock for access to critical resources such as fresh water and grazing. Collectively these impacts have resulted in population …
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A case study of the application of reliability centered maintenance (RCM) in the acquisition of the advanced amphibious assault vehicle (AAAV)
… in the acquisition of the Marine Corps' Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV). RCM is referred to throughout various service and DoD wide references, but in the absence of specific guidance on how to apply RCM to an acquisition, the AAAV program provided a unique opportunity to analyze key …
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The Ecology and Behaviour of the Common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibious L. in Katavi National Park, Tanzania: Responses to Varying Water Resources
Katavi National Park (KNP) is a stronghold for hippopotami in Tanzania. To predict the probable effects of future changes in water availability, annual variations in rainfall, river level, river discharge, ground water levels and the lateral extent of swamps used by hippopotami, were related to …
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The effect of wing wall geometry and well deck configuration on the stability characteristics of amphibious landing ship dock (LSD) class ships
Amphibious ships, configured with floodable well decks, present a unique challenge to the Ship Design Team to incorporate maximum troop, cargo and vehicle capacity, along with sufficient well deck size, to facilitate efficient operation of LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) and other amphibious …
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Rapid remote determination of hydrographic data for modified surf Index calculations and naval applications
Amphibious operations present a unique set of challenges to naval personnel. Among these challenges is the need to rapidly obtain reliable real-time data for the surf zone, a high-energy environment in which beach profiles and wave regimes may not be known a priori, are difficult to measure …
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Gaining Relevance in the Face of Obsolescence: The USS Texas – a Battleship in the Second World War
… filled- that of naval gunfire support for amphibious landings. The literature regarding the Navy’s older, obsolescent battleships such as the <em>Texas </em>is scarce<em>. </em>Using primary sources regarding the <em>Texas</em> and the evolution of naval gunfire doctrine from the pre-war …
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The Defence and Evacuation of the Kuban Bridgehead, January – October 1943
… the German bridgehead through a combined amphibious and ground operation. The ground operation did not achieve any significant gain, and the main amphibious landing operation was a catastrophic failure, but a secondary landing succeeded in gaining a foothold in the southern suburbs of the …
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“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
… to defend the town from a Franco- American amphibious attack. An environment rife with maritime material culture, the river has been subject to formal and informal salvage, including a joint effort in the 1930s by the Mariners' Museum and the National Park Service that produced a significant …
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Armies, Navies and Economies in the Greek World in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
… Thucydides--shows that classical Greek amphibious and naval expeditions military forces always acquired their food from markets provided to them by cities and traders. A systematic comparative analysis confirms this conclusion by demonstrating that the economic and politico-social …
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"The War Comes First": Lt. Col. Francis Carroll Grevemberg and the Development of a World War II Antiaircraft Artillery Officer
… officer who took part and survived five amphibious landings in the Mediterranean.</p>
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