The probability of damage to an aircraft carrier from an underwater explosion
Authors
De Nunzio, Nicholas J.
Macan, John J.
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Advisors
Arentzen, Edward S.
Date of Issue
1962-05
Date
May 1962
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis presents a method, through the use of probability
theory, of determining specific types of damage
to an aircraft carrier. Consideration is given to the cases
of loss of main machinery spaces and shafting resulting from
side contact and underbottom non-contact explosions against
a carrier possessing an underwater protective system.
Probability density functions for the distribution of
target hits, damage length, and charge weights are proposed.
These are then incorporated into integral expressions
which when evaluated within prescribed limits will determine
the appropriate probabilities of damage.
Illustrative examples of some of the proposed results
are presented as a check on the validity of the theoretical
expressions. Recommendations are made for means of obtaining
actual density functions to insure completeness of this
method of probabilistic approach to the determination of
damage to a ship.
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Thesis
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This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library Collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title.
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Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Organization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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