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MEASUREMENT OF FRICTIONAL DRAG ON ALLIGATOR-SKIN-LIKE FEMTOSECOND SURFACE TREATMENTS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This research sought to determine whether femtosecond laser surface processing (FLSP) is a viable alternative to anti-corrosive, hydrodynamic coatings. FLSP was applied to stainless steel plates to see its effect on ...
STUDY OF FATIGUE FAILURE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The use of composite materials in U.S. Navy aircraft and other vessels has become increasingly popular due to the composites’ high strength to weight ratio. The nature of these military structures causes them to be exposed ...
DESIGN, TESTING, AND ANALYSIS OF SELF-TOSS HOPPING MANEUVERS OF ASTROBEE AT NPS AND NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Robotic hopping is a novel approach to microgravity mobility for a small spacecraft to use a robotic arm manipulator to toss a vehicle toward a destination. The Spacecraft Robotics Laboratory (SRL) at the Naval Postgraduate ...
CONTROL AND IN-FLIGHT DIAGNOSTIC OF B-52–TYPE AIRCRAFT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The democratization of rapidly advancing drone technology has enabled access to a warfare space previously denied to malicious actors with limited resources. This thesis explores potential weaponization of commercial-off-the-shelf ...
EVALUATION OF A PHYSICAL QUANTUM COMPUTER
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
In the past few years, IBM has expanded their Quantum Experience to include a high-level Python module called Qiskit as well as a 15-qubit machine (ibmq_16_melbourne). In order to evaluate IBM’s progress, we create an ...
INVESTIGATIONS OF PHYSICS LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS: TWO-BULLET PROBLEM AND PARAMETRIC EXCITATION OF U-TUBE OSCILLATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Lecture demonstrations strongly convey physics concepts and theories. In addition, realistic issues arise that are often not in a model theory. Investigations of lecture demonstrations are published in scholarly journals ...
IMPROVING AUTOMATED SCHEDULES FOR NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Currently, many squadrons in the Naval Aviation community handwrite their daily flight schedules, which is typically an all-day effort. This thesis creates an optimization model to build schedules computationally instead ...
RENEWABLE ENERGY–POWERED HYDROGEN GENERATION AND STORAGE FROM AMBIENT MOISTURE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-06)
This research combines the proven Electrochemical Hydrogen Production and Storage System with a renewable energy source for safe and reliable utilization in Department of Defense and Navy applications. Photovoltaic cells ...
MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT IN THE INLET OF A TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-06)
This study sought to determine the discharge coefficient of the inlet bell mouth of a transonic compressor rig both experimentally and through computational fluid dynamics. The new inlet bell mouth was integrated into the ...
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TWIN-SKIN CLOTH SAILS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SAILING VESSELS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-06)
Current efforts to reduce carbon emissions have brought a resurgence of interest in sail design. Sails could be used to supplement conventional propulsion on cargo vessels or even be used on future energy ships. Energy ...
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