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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"naval warfare"”.
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'Toast and Torpedoes': World War Two Naval Warfare on Film 1939-1960
… contribution to the understanding of how naval warfare in World War Two was presented in popular British cinema between 1939 and 1960. The study examines the distinctive nature of naval war films, notable for the way in which both the warlike and domestic are mixed, and uses this as the …
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Blockade Law in the Contemporary Context: the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Broader Trends (TPC)
… ways in which those breaching the Law of Naval Warfare and law of blockade may be held accountable, including domestic and international legal forums such prize courts and the ICC and ICJ, and through enforcement by neutral States. The dissertation extrapolates from the use of new …
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Blockade Law in the Contemporary Context: the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Broader Trends
… ways in which those breaching the Law of Naval Warfare and law of blockade may be held accountable, including domestic and international legal forums such prize courts and the ICC and ICJ, and through enforcement by neutral States. The dissertation extrapolates from the use of new …
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Return on investment in the public sector
… applied for test evaluation with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego. The test demonstrates that ROI can be applied successfully to assess the relative efficiency of value-added work and to improve the process of choosing between investment alternatives. Properly …
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Modeling anti-air warfare with discrete event simulation and analyzing naval convoy operations
Anti-air warfare (AAW) is a primary naval warfare area. Using AAW tactics and concepts of operations, this research explores the most critical success factors of convoy operations. In this study, a discrete event simulation (DES) was built by modeling ships, and their sensors and weapons, to …
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Fiber optic sensors and networks for U.S. Navy shipboard tests and trials
… being tested, and the duration of each test. As naval warfare ships become increasingly complicated, the performance tests that are conducted also become numerous and complex. The current test philosophy prescribes that for each test and test organization, telemetry cables for electrical sensors …
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Disruptive innovation and naval power : strategic and financial implications of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and long-term underwater power sources
The naval warfare environment is rapidly changing. The U.S. Navy is adapting by continuing its blue-water dominance while simultaneously building brown-water capabilities. Unmanned systems, such as unmanned airborne drones, are proving pivotal in facing new battlefield challenges. Unmanned …
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Simulation-guided lattice geometry optimization of a lightweight metal marine propeller for additive manufacturing
… three-blade propeller model, provided by Naval Warfare Surface Center (NSWC) Carderock, was used as a baseline. Its open water loading conditions were calculated numerically using OpenFOAM®, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The CFD results were verified using the provided …
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Employee Engagement and Burnout: A Quantitative Study of their Correlations with Job/Organizational Satisfaction
… Assessment Survey administered to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California was examined. Specifically, the focus of this study was the Headquarters (HQ)/Program Executive Office (PEO) survey, for which 870 out of 1111 military and civilian personnel responded …
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To what extent can knowledge management systems build and reinforce consensus around initiatives for change?: A self-reflective analysis of professional practice
… of Defence. The New Zealand Defence Force, Naval Warfare Development Command of the United States Navy and Australia's Chief of Air Force have also expressed an interest in the potential of an effects-based orientation to planning and policy-making. Whether the concepts and underpinning …
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System importance measures: A new approach to resilient systems-of-systems
… resilience. The first case study focuses on a naval warfare SoS and describes how the resilience framework can leverage existing simulation models to support end-to-end design. We proceed through stages of the design approach using an agent-based model (ABM) that enables us to demonstrate how …
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Viaggio nel fluxgate a RTD: sfruttare la flessibilità e raggiungere la sostenibilità
… con il gruppo guidato dal Dr. Adi R. Bulsara al Naval Warfare Centre di San Diego (USA), hanno lavorato e sviluppato una differente strategia di readout: la "Residence Times Difference (RTD)". La tecnica a RTD quntifica l'asimmetrizzazione del segnale di uscita nel dominio del tempo, quindi è …
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Firing Point: Patrol Torpedo Boats during World War II
… economy of force. A small inexpensive naval vessel was able to replace larger ships and work with different elements of the fleet to deny the use of coastal waters to the enemy.</p>
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El desafío insurgente: análisis del corso hispanoamericano desde una perspectiva peninsular, 1812-1828
In this thesis we studies the role played by the Hispanix-American insurgent privateers in the wars of independence os Spanish America. Their actions took to them beyond american territorial waters and presnts in the peninsular coasts became, with special incidence in the Gulf of Cadiz. This study …