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STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF I-GRAPHS: THEIR INDEPENDENCE NUMBERS AND CAYLEY GRAPHS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
We discuss in this paper the independence numbers and algebraic properties of I-graphs. The I-graphs are a further generalization of the Generalized Petersen graphs whose independence numbers have been previously researched. ...
CLASSIFYING ADS-B TRAJECTORY SHAPES USING A DENSE FEED-FORWARD NEURAL NETWORK
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
There is a recent abundance of flight trajectory data due to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) becoming a prevalent and required aviation traffic control system. Motivated by incidents like the September ...
HYDROGEN ENHANCED ATOMIC TRANSPORT: CREATING HARD TITANIUM/TITANIUM HYDRIDE BROWN BODIES AT AMBIENT PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN 650 DEGREES CENTIGRADE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This thesis introduces a simple, low-temperature method called Hydrogen Enhanced Atomic Transport (HEAT) for creating metallic bonded brown bodies on the order of 40% bulk density in molds of designed shape from titanium ...
COMPUTATIONAL AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AIRFOILS FOR ENERGY-PRODUCING SAILING SHIPS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The purpose of this research was to determine an airfoil configuration that produces the maximum amount of thrust on a sailboat that uses a turbine deployed in the water to collect energy. Three airfoil types were analyzed: ...
ANALYSIS OF WAVE-INDUCED FORCING ON A SUBMERGED BODY AT VARIOUS PITCH ANGLES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This experiment aimed to quantify the effect of pitch angle on the linear and nonlinear wave-loading of a submerged, cylindrical body. The lower-frequency nonlinear loads that occur in a multi-component seaway were also ...
AIRCRAFT CYBER COMBAT SURVIVABILITY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The aircraft combat survivability (ACS) design discipline has proven effective in producing survivable combat aircraft for over fifty years. Currently, the discipline only focuses on kinetic threats; however, an emerging ...
RUSSIAN CYBER OPERATIONS TO DESTABILIZE NATO
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Cyber operations are constantly evolving as states discover new tactics to achieve strategic goals. Thus far, they have remained below the threshold for armed conflict by operating within the gray zone. Since 2008, Russia ...
ALT-RIGHT INFLUENCE ON THE RADICALIZATION OF WHITE NATIONALISTS IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO SIGNIFICANCE QUEST THEORY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Reaching national notoriety in the 2016 election season, the Alt-Right embodied the most recent resurgence of white nationalism in the United States. Though it lost momentum with the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally, the ...
TIN AS A SHOCK-MELTING BINDER FOR REACTIVE MATERIALS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Reactive material warhead cases have the potential to greatly increase ordnance lethality by the addition of metal combustion, to explosive and fragmentation effects. Efficient combustion of the reactive metal relies on ...
INDEPENDENCE NUMBER OF SPECIFIED I-GRAPHS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
In this paper, we study the independence number of various classes of I-graphs. I-graphs are generalizations of the Generalized Petersen Graphs. We provide constructions of independent sets given any parameters, as well ...
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