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Faces of NPS: Adm. Cecil Haney, USN (Ret)
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Faces of NPS: Jennifer Carson, PhD
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MACH 4 SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL ROUGHNESS TESTING OF AN INLET MODEL AND INSTRUMENTATION UPGRADES
No full textThe study of supersonics is becoming an increasingly important part of national defense and the development of military assets. The Naval Postgraduate School is equipped with an operational wind tunnel capable of producing high Mach number flow, allowing for extensive work to be done in this area. This research presents the experimental and computational work done with the Naval Postgraduate School Mach 4 supersonic wind tunnel. Experimental testing included pressure measurement in the test section, flow visualization methods, and the implementation of upgraded instrumentation to characterize supersonic flow behavior in a clean test section. In conjunction with experimental work, a series of numeric models were also built using different flow solvers to predict key flow features such as the Mach progression, boundary layer growth, and shock formation. Numerical results were validated by comparing to historical and newly acquired experimental data for accuracy. As part of this research, numerical and experimental work was also conducted with a generic supersonic inlet model to investigate the impacts of surface roughness within a Mach 4 flow regime. This analysis emphasized the effects of roughness on flow characteristics such as Mach distribution, shock location, and total pressure loss — factors that are crucial to the design and production of supersonic vehicles via additive manufacturing methods. This work supports future endeavors in the area of wind tunnel testing.Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release: Distribution is unlimited.Ensign, United States Nav
Faces of NPS: Kylie Ball & Guillermo Juarez
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Faces of NPS: Ens. Alexander Gore, USN
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Faces of NPS: Lt. Cmdr. Colleen Wilmington, USN
No full textFaces of NPS features interviews spotlighting the students, faculty, staff and alumni of our Nation's premier defense education and research institution
INTEGRATING KINETIC AND NON-KINETIC FIRES IN THE FUTURE IBX2030 USMC INFANTRY BATTALION
No full textThe Marine Corps officially named information as the seventh warfighting function and in doing so set the expectation that all Marine Corps units must integrate information into their operations. The Marine Corps began experimenting with the Marine Corps infantry battalion utilizing the IBX 2030 model to better man, train, and equip infantry battalions to operate in the information environment. A focal aspect of this experimentation was the integration of non-kinetic fires and effects into the IBX 2030 infantry battalion. There was, however, no doctrine or standing operating procedure for Marine Corps infantry battalions regarding this subject. This thesis uses information from standing publications and references refined by interviews with subject matter experts to create an IBX 2030 Fires and Effects Coordination Center handbook to help bridge the gap between the current infantry battalion capabilities and the Marine Corps vision.Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release: Distribution is unlimited.Outstanding ThesisCaptain, United States Marine Corp
Guiding the Development of Simulation Conceptual Models for the US Marine Corps
No full textConceptual models (CMs) provide modeling and simulation (M&S) practitioners with an implementation-independent description of objects and interactions (i.e., classes of data and relationships across classes). These describe what needs to be represented in a simulation to meet user needs for an intended purpose. Simulation Conceptual Models (SCMs) also can contain information about underlying logic or algorithms to be performed in the simulations to achieve those needs. SCMs aid in the selection of appropriate applications for single and distributed simulation environments and help training designers (as well as the training audience) understand what is, and is not, represented in the simulation to help meet training objectives. Similarly, when simulations are used for analysis or experimentation, SCMs help users understand the capabilities and limitations of the simulations to help analysts best apply the tool to generate data needed for their studies. Furthermore, explicitly specified SCMs are essential for verification and validation of simulations. They can support the maintenance and modernization of simulation and are key inputs through the Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP) standard practice, providing necessary information to help users determine what simulations to select for a distributed integration to best achieve user needs. Even with an understanding of the importance of SCMs, such documentation of simulations is woefully lacking across the DOD. Ones that do exist are documented in vastly differing forms and levels of detail. Past attempts to create a common methodology for specification of SCMs have been unsuccessful, leaving a gap in best practices for DOD. Research is needed to help reinvigorate the exploration of conceptual modeling in support of Marine Corps and DOD simulation development, V&V, and general management.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)US Marine Corps System CommandNaval Research Progra
People, Not Process: Empowering the Defense Acquisition Workforce
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