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Journal articles on the topic "Construction navale militaire"
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Milewski, Stanisław, Bogdan Szturomski, and Radosław Kiciński. "Strength Analysis of the Marine Weapon’s Construction." Naše more 68, no. 3 (September 2021): 167–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.17818/nm/2021/3.4.
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Due to the modernization of warships, it was necessary to carry out strength calculations for the newly assembled devices, for which there were no detailed technical requirements. The authors try to present and harmonize the requirements for naval military structures. The lack of experimental verification of newly built systems was indicated. Therefore the finite element method was used to determine the durability of the critical design elements. There is no explicit reference load in the literature, so the authors present a general solution to one of the worst cases. The work presents the cannon structure elements exposed to damage during the underwater explosion load, using the proposed methodology. The proposed method is sufficient to calculate individual ship cases. However, in the case of hull strength analysis, more complex algorithms should be used.
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Finnin, Sarah. "UPDATE ON UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSIONS." Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 10 (December 2007): 198–231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1389135907001985.
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AbstractThis article provides a detailed update on the progress of the United States military commissions under the regime established by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for the trial of detainees captured during the War on Terror for so-called war crimes. In particular, the author examines the plea and sentencing of Australian detainee David Hicks, the pre-trial developments in the case of Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, and the early litigation involving the detainees who have been dubbed the ‘September 11 co-conspirators’. The author also touches on the Supreme Court decision inHamdanv.Rumsfeld, some of the significant features of the Military Commission Act, the recent federal court litigation in the case ofBoumedienev.Bush, and the construction of the new military commission building at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
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Hu, Pei, Qian Hao, and Yi Du. "The Submarine Rescue Command Simulation Training Information System Based on the HLA." Applied Mechanics and Materials 415 (September 2013): 385–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.415.385.
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It is the key point which establishes a new rescue system for guarantee Chinese naval submarine operational capability. As new rescue vessel and various rescue equipment put into use in succession, and company with the military academies training reform, the author puts forward the construction of the new submarine rescue command simulation training information system based on the HLA(High Level Architecture) in this paper. It introduces the system construction situation, including system functions, constitutes and working principle, and analyses the key technology point. It is also given a virtual scene of submarine rescue command operation based on data driven.
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Davidson, Gary, Tim Roberts, and Darren Savoye. "Skid Helicopters on High-Speed Craft." Journal of Ship Production 21, no. 02 (May 1, 2005): 108–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/jsp.2005.21.2.108.
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Helicopter decks are common throughout the commercial and military shipping industries and also the offshore industry. Construction in steel and aluminum is common. Helicopter decks on high-speed craft are not common. The first known helicopter deck installed on a high-speed craft was on an Incat wave-piercing catamaran, HSV X1, Joint Venture, which saw service during the recent Gulf war and is currently still in service with the US Army. Following successful construction and NAVAIR certification of Joint Venture, a more advanced aluminum deck, certified also by NAVAIR and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), has been fitted to HSV 2 Swift, which is the latest Incat 98 meter "SeaFrame" HSC. HSV 2 Swift is in service with the US Navy. This paper will focus on the design challenge that came about on HSV 2 Swift in the design of the deck to land and park skid type helicopters as opposed to a helicopter with pneumatic tires. High-speed craft are by their nature innovative, and new solutions to old problems are constantly being experimented with to ensure that the tenets of high speed and high efficiency are optimized. Weight minimization is the most critical performance aspect of a high-speed craft, and conservative or simplified analysis is not practical or economic. A high-speed craft relies on accelerating through hump or critical speed to obtain the high operating speeds of around 40 knots and greater. The ability to operate above hump speed is absolutely reliant on the weight of the vessel. Unnecessary weight on the vessel that does not have absolute mission or operation justification adversely affects the ability to operate above hump speed. Aluminum creates additional and very different challenges compared to a design in traditional steel. Alternative details and construction techniques are required for successful design in aluminum in terms of fatigue and ultimate strength. One innovation common in high-speed craft is aluminum extrusion of a top hat form. The top hat offers big savings in terms of ultimate strength and reduction in mass while keeping weight to a minimum. To aid in verifying the design of the Helo deck extrusion on HSV 2 Swift (Incat Yard 061) for the AH-1 and UH-1 helicopters (H-1 series skid type helicopters), analysis and physical testing were carried out. There had been some doubt that conventional hand calculations were suitable for a top hat style extrusion. The analysis and testing proved that extruded aluminum sections of top hat design are suitable for the H-1 series helicopter skid loading and that permanent deformation was negligible at the design load and even at significantly above the design load. The physical test is also further evidence to support the use of welded 6000 series extrusion in high-speed military vessels. Original design of the deck extrusion revolved around class rules, linear static finite element analysis (FEA), and military codes. Later analysis involved nonlinear FEA, further military code calculations, first principles hand calculations based on available text, and physical testing.
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LOBELL, STEVEN E. "Britain's paradox: cooperation or punishment prior to World War I." Review of International Studies 27, no. 2 (April 2001): 169–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0260210500001698.
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In the three decades prior to World War I, Britain's paradox was whether to cooperate with or punish an emerging Germany, Japan, France, Russia, and the United States. Based on the need for economy, successive Chancellors of the Exchequer pressed for cooperating with the contenders. Members of the services and Conservatives pushed to punish these contenders, countering that Britain could afford the rising naval expenditure needed to implement such a programme. The existing literature emphasizes the role of geopolitics, domestic constraints, and individual idiosyncrasies to explain Britain's foreign policy adjustment. I argue that the nature of the foreign commercial policy of the contenders guided Britain's response. Due to the special affinity among commercially liberal states, Britain cooperated with America and Japan, ceding regional governance to both aspiring regional hegemons. Britain did, however, punish non-liberal France, Germany, and Russia by implementing new naval construction programmes and concentrating freed-up military resources until these countries capitulated in their naval challenge.
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Попроцький, Ігор, and Вячеслав Сапіга. "MODERNIZATION OF TRAINING OF NAVAL SPECIALISTS AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS." Науковий вісник Інституту професійно-технічної освіти НАПН України. Професійна педагогіка, no. 18 (June 24, 2019): 169–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.32835/2223-5752.2019.18.169-174.
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The article is devoted to the search for conceptual approaches to solving the problem of constructing a new model of training officer personnel for the fleet, adapted to the standards and principles of NATO. This article, based on the consideration of the training models of the naval specialist, where the external factor is the educational environment, which forms the request for content, quality and methodology of military education, determines the main factors that are the basis of a perspective model of training a military seaman. Using the method of comparing the study of the educational environment of the existing and prospective model of training a naval specialist testifies that consideration of this process is necessary from the standpoint of the system approach, considering that the future officer will have to act in the conditions of wars (military conflicts) of the fourth generation where the line between the troops and people erases intentionally, namely: the environment changes itself under the influence of social, political, cultural and historical factors. The main directions of modernization of educational environment are: generalization, systematization and comprehension of the experience of formation and development of the system of military education of the former member states of the Organization of Warsaw Pact; the study of the process of the transformation of theoretical and methodological approaches to create a modern system of military education, based on the best world and domestic educational traditions; the change of the mentality of all the subjects of the educational activity, rethinking ...
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Belousov, Aleksandr Sergeevich. "Naval shipbuilding on the Don River during the 1721-1735." Genesis: исторические исследования, no. 2 (February 2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-868x.2020.2.32226.
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The object of this research is the Russian navy during the ruling time of Peter the Great and Anna of Russia under the circumstances of escalation of foreign policy situation in Azov and Black Sea regions. The subject of this research is the history of restoration and development of naval shipbuilding on the Don River during the 1721-1735. Based on the published and archival materials, the author examines the process of formation of Don Flotilla comprised of nine large and six small prams, fifteen gallivants, and thirty small vessels. Methodological framework consists of the problematic-chronological, comparative-historical and structural-functional methods. Special role belongs to the method of historical reconstruction that allowed reproducing the stages of shipbuilding works on the Don River during the 1721-1735. The article demonstrates the details of the process of construction works during the 1721-1724, their demothballing in 1733, and further construction of the ships of Don Flotilla prior to Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739. The author also analyzes the shipbuilding process itself, which main conclusions consist in the statement that the flotilla was not ready to the beginning of large-scale military operations against the Ottoman Empire.
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Lilley, Dexter, Kevin Degraw, and Rex Wallen. "Development and Implementation of Computer Simulation Models for the Manufacturing of Outfitting Components." Journal of Ship Production 17, no. 01 (February 1, 2001): 16–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/jsp.2001.17.1.16.
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The utilization of computer simulation in the shipbuilding industry is not a new concept and many shipyards in the U.S. and around the world are using simulation tools in a wide variety of ways and with various levels of success. In many industries, computer simulation of production processes has proven itself as a powerful tool for reducing nonvalue added activities and promises to become much more prominent in its use as a resource management tool. Its use in the manufacturing of Outfitting components in U.S. shipyards has had limited success due mainly to the inherent nature of ship construction, especially those yards primarily engaged in military ship construction. The focus of this paper is directed towards the implementation aspects of a computer simulation tool for the manufacture of Outfitting components in a naval shipbuilding context.
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Molis, Arūnas, Claudia Palazzo, and Kaja Ainsalu. "Mitigating Risks of Hybrid War: Search for an Effective Energy Strategyin The Baltic States." Journal on Baltic Security 4, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jobs-2018-0009.
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AbstractMeanwhile, energy security is threatened in new domains – maritime and cyber. In the maritime domain, military operations target construction works of the new objects as well as operating interconnectors, cables, LNG terminals, and other strategic assets. Regular situational awareness in the Baltic Sea region is lacking, as is sufficient naval and civilian maritime cooperation. In the cyber realm attacks become more frequent and more complex, critical infrastructure being the main target. As cyber security expertise and exercise are lacking and integration into European natural gas and electricity systems is not completed, blackout scenario in the Baltic States remains possible.
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Hernán, Enrique García. "War and Society in Spain." International Bibliography of Military History 35, no. 1 (May 30, 2015): 9–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22115757-03501001.
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This article offers a new historiographical overview of the military history of Spain in the early modern period, covering recent works published by English-speaking scholars as well as the latest studies by Spanish and Italian historians. Differences tend to focus on whether the rival paradigms of ‘decline’ or ‘resilience’ offer the better insights into the period after the end of Spanish military supremacy (c. 1648). A survey of recent work on this topic leads us to some very significant observations about factors underpinning power, such as a common or shared culture and identity, as well as the more obvious and traditional components of military and naval power. The nature of royal power and monarchy are analysed, as are the structure of the army and the construction of the state in Spain. The relationship between the state and civil society, and the debate about the militarization of Iberian society and the study of cultural and religious values, are also examined. On balance, recent literature leads us to a more positive assessment of the resilience of Spanish military power in the second half of the 17th century.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Construction navale militaire"
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Epkenhans, Michael. "Die wilhelminische Flottenrüstung : 1908-1914 /." München : R. Oldenbourg, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35520948t.
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Berthiau, Jean André. "Des maîtres entretenus aux ingénieurs : 1819-1971 : formation professionnelle et enseignement technique dans les arsenaux et établissements de la marine /." Vincennes : Service historique de la marine, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37105600c.
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Berthiau, Jean André. "Des maîtres entretenus aux ingénieurs : formation professionnelle et enseignement technique dans les arsenaux et établissements de la Marine (1819-1871)." Paris 4, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA040042.
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Au début du XIXe siècle, la marine "entretient" dans ses arsenaux un certain nombre de maitres dans chaque corps de métier intervenant dans la construction et la maintenance de la flotte. Leur solde est annuelle, on dirait aujourd'hui qu'ils jouissent d'un contrat à durée indéterminée. La "maistrance" comprend les "maitres entretenus" et les "contremaîtres", ces derniers font partie du personnel ouvrier. En 1819, un enseignement spécifique est mis en place dans les ports pour les ouvriers destinés à la maistrance. Les changements techniques dans les constructions navales entrainent adaptation des programmes et réorganisations des écoles, notamment en 1868 avec l'instauration de deux niveaux d'enseignement. En 1912, les écoles de maistrance deviennent école techniques des arsenaux, et demeurent dispersés dans les ports. La création en 1934 du brevet d'ingénieur diplômé E. T. S. M. Marque la reconnaissance de la valeur de l'enseignement dispense à l'École technique supérieure une véritable grande école voit le jour avec l'implantation unique à Aurillac en 1943, suivie de l'installation à Brest-Pontanézen en 1949. L'école technique supérieure laisse la place en 1971 à l'E. N. S. I. E. T. A. Elle perd alors sa spécificité constructions navales avec la sortie de la dernière promotion E. T. S. M. 68, et l'entrée de la promotion E. N. S. I. 71. Pendant de longues années, les effectifs de la maistrance sont très réduits et peu d'anciens élèves des écoles accèdent au grade de maitre. Les soldes sont très modestes. Les statuts s'améliorent lentement avec la création en 1965 du grade de maitre principal. Ceux-ci deviennent ensuite adjoints techniques, officiers puis ingénieurs, des directions de travaux, enfin ingénieurs des études et techniques d'armement. La carrière des officiers des directions de travaux était limitée au grade de commandant. Aujourd'hui, le corps des ingénieurs des études et techniques d'armement dispose d'une hiérarchie complèteAt the beginning of the XIXth century, the navy maintained, in its arsenals, a certain number of "masters" in each profession for the building and the upkeep of the fleet. Their pay was annual, today they would be said to have a "unfixed term contract". The "maistrance" includes the "maitres entretenus" and the "contre-maitres", the latter being laborers. In 1819, a specific education is set up in the harbors for the workers intended to the "maistrance". The technical changes in shipbuilding bring about adaptations in programs and re-organizations of the schools, notably in 1868, with the setting up of two teaching levels. In 1912, the "maistrance" schools become the arsenals' technical schools, and stay scattered in the harbors. The creation, in 1934, of the ETSM certified engineer diploma marks the recognition of the quality of the teaching provided in the higher technical school. A real higher school is born with the single establishment at Aurillac in 1943, moving to Brest-Pontanézen in 1949. The higher technical school is replaced in 1971 by ENSIETA, thus losing its specialty of shipbuilding with the last year ETSM 68 and the first year ENSI 71…
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Plouviez, David. "De la terre à la mer. . . La construction navale militaire française et ses réseaux économiques au XVIIIe siècle." Nantes, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009NANT3019.
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Entre l’arrivée de Maurepas au secrétariat d’Etat à la marine en 1723 et la proclamation de la République en 1792, l’activité de construction navale militaire de la France a été intense, faisant de ce pays la seconde puissance maritime d’Europe derrière l’Angleterre. Or, l’édification d’une marine de guerre a nécessité la mise en place de réseaux d’approvisionnement pour drainer une quantité colossale de matières premières et de produits manufacturés. L’administration de la marine a donc sollicité de nombreux acteurs économiques, français et étrangers, avec qui elle a conclu des marchés d’approvisionnement. Au XVIIIe siècle, ces contrats se sont complexifiés, constituant bientôt des cahiers des charges contraignants imposés aux entrepreneurs. L’objectif de cette thèse a été de retracer la mécanique de l’approvisionnement de la marine de guerre française en soulignant les efforts de l’administration pour obtenir en toute circonstance des fournitures navales de qualité, en identifiant les acteurs économiques et en retraçant l’évolution des zones de préemption et de fabrication.
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Erouihane, Nabil. "La « construction des armes navales » en France de 1871 à 1961 : naissance et restructuration d’un système politico-industriel." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020BOR30006.
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De 1871 à 1961, la Marine française connut des mutations de tous ordres qui furent à l'origine de l'émergence d'un nouveau système de production d'armes navales. Cette transformation fut causée par un besoin continu de renforcement de la flotte, par des innovations technologiques successives et rapides et par le triomphe du capitalisme industriel. Elle aboutit à la mise en place d’une superstructure institutionnelle et humaine nouvelle, le complexe militaro-naval, qui fonctionnait avec sa propre logique. De la IIIe à la Ve République, la construction des armes navales passa, donc, de pratiques industrielles centrées sur les traditionnels arsenaux et établissements de la Marine aux commandes de navires de guerre confiées à l'industrie privée. Bénéficiant du concours du Parlement, la Marine arrivait à augmenter continuellement les crédits pour ses achats d’armes. La première guerre mondiale perturba légèrement ce mode de fonctionnement qui reprit ses habitudes à la fin des années 1920. La seconde guerre mondiale le toucha plus durement, notamment par les destructions physiques des usines, mais il accomplit une renaissance dans les années 1950. Les hommes qui étaient aux commandes des administrations et des entreprises concernées ne cessèrent de collaborer durant toute cette période jusqu’à devenir très proches, et rendre le travail encore plus efficace. Cependant, à la fin des années 1950, avec les difficultés chroniques que connaissaient les chantiers privés ainsi que le nécessaire développement de la technologie nucléaire navale, la Ve République fit le choix d’abandonner le complexe militaro-naval, en supprimant les commandes aux chantiers privés pour recentrer la construction de ses navires sur ses arsenauxFrom 1871 to 1961, the French Navy underwent changes of all kinds which were at the origin of the emergence of a new system of production of naval weapons. This transformation was caused by a continuous need to strengthen the fleet, by successive and rapid technological innovations, and by the triumph of industrial capitalism. From the 3rd to the 5th Republic, the construction of naval weapons therefore passed from industrial practices centered on the traditional arsenals and factories of the Navy, to the command of warships entrusted to private industry
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Weinberg, de Touchet Elisabeth. "La création de l'arsenal maritime japonais de Yokosuka 1865-1882 : un transfert de technologies de la France vers le Japon." Paris, EHESS, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000EHES0106.
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Corre, Olivier. "Brest : base du Ponant : structure, organisation et montée en puissance pour la guerre d'Amérique : (1774-1783)." Rennes 2, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003REN20003.
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La @France octroie pour l'Indépendance américaine un poids considérable à sa principale base. Brest, port et arsenal, place forte et ville de garnison, organisme exceptionnel, est, par sa montée en puissance, le fer de lance de la puissance française. . L'héritage est pourtant contrasté : du premier arsenal du Royaume à la coexistence de personnels de la Marine et de la Guerre. Le conflit lui donne un premier rôle multiple. L'adaptation y est conduite par des autorités de qualité. Les menaces nécessitent une fortification novatrice, l'État se chargeant de la police intérieure. Brest développe son contrôle sur le réseau économique qui sous-traite une partie de son activité, bien que son financement peine à être assumé. La vie quotidienne des ouvriers, marins et soldats pose des problèmes de casernements, de nourriture ou d'habillement, mais reste dominée par le risque sanitaire. La fin du conflit ouvre une difficile décroissance. Brest a assumé ses missions en cette période de tension@For the American War of Independence, France gives an important weight to its main Base. Brest, port and naval dockyard, fortified and garrison town, organism of exception, is by its rise the head of the French power. Yet, the inheritance is contrasted: from the first naval dockyard of the Kingdom to the coexistence of the Navy and War personnel. The conflict gives it a numerous leading part. The try to adapt it is managed by authorities of high level. Threat requires a new style fortification. State keeps order. Brest increases its control on the economic network, which is subcontracted for a part of its activity, although money is not a simple question. The everyday Life of Workers, Sailors and Soldiers presents with problems of housing, food and dressing, but first one is Health. The end of the War opens a difficult decrease. Brest has achieved its missions in this tension period
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Barras, Guillaume. "Interaction fluide-structure : application aux explosions sous-marines en champ proche." Thesis, Lille 1, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LIL10003/document.
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En construction navale militaire, les navires sont conçus pour résister à des menaces conventionnelles comme les mines ou les torpilles. Ces conceptions s’appuient sur des calculs aux explosions sous-marines lointaines qui sont bien maîtrisées aujourd’hui. Depuis la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, cette thématique a en effet bénéficié d’importants travaux de recherche. Ceux-ci ont abouti à des méthodes numériques robustes qui permettent de simuler l’essentiel des phénomènes caractérisant ces événements. Ces méthodes, utilisées en ingénierie, s’appuient cependant sur des hypothèses restrictives qui limitent leur champ d’application. Elles sont discriminantes si l’on souhaite simuler les explosions sous-marines en champ proche, caractérisées par des phénomènes fortement non-linéaires. Dans ce cadre, on adapte la méthode éléments finis Euler-Lagrange Multi-Matériaux avec Couplage Euler-lagrange, pour simuler ces problèmes. Les évolutions présentées dans la thèse s’articulent autour de deux points. (1) La méthode est développée en deux dimensions pour résoudre les problèmes 2D axisymétriques avec une rapidité et une précision accrues par rapport aux simulations 3D. (2) La projection des résultats 2D sur des grilles de calculs différentes 2D ou 3D est implémentée. Cette technique de projection permet de résoudre le problème complet par des phases successives dont la physique se situe sur des échelles de temps et d’espace très différentes, et qui nécessitent des maillages adaptés. Les développements effectués sont finalement intégrés dans le code de calcul LS-DYNA version 5.1.1, et validés pour les différentes phases du problème à partir de résultats théoriques et expérimentauxIn military shipbuilding, ships are designed to withstand conventional threats such as mines or torpedoes. These designs are based on calculations of structural response to underwater explosions in far field, what is relatively well controlled today. The thematic of underwater explosions has indeed benefited from extensive research since the Second World War. This has resulted in robust numerical methods to simulate the main phenomena that characterize such events. These methods used in engineering are based on assumptions that limit their scope. These restrictions are discriminatory when we attempt to simulate underwater explosions in near field which are mainly nonlinear phenomena. In this context, the Multi-Material Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method with Euler-Lagrange coupling is chosen to simulate these problems. To make the method more easily applicable in engineering, its adaptation is based on two points. (1) Firstly the method is developed for two-dimensional cases in order to solve 2D axisymmetric problems with higher speed and accuracy compared to 3D simulations. (2) Then the projection of results from two-dimensional analysis on 2D or 3D grids is implemented. The projection from one grid to the other allows solving the whole problem through successive phases for physics on very different time scales and space scales, what necessitates adapted meshes. The developments are implemented in LS-DYNA code for the revised version 5.1.1 and validated for the different phases of the problem from theoretical and experimental results
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McMillan, Lauren Ashley. "Analysis of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Military Construction projects and the overall Military Construction process." Thesis, (674 KB), 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Aug%5FMcMillan.pdf.
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Stasick, Steven J. "A study of the Naval Construction Force project material supply chain." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1477.
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The Naval Construction Force (NCF) performs construction projects in all areas of the world during both peacetime and war. While some of these projects occur in populated areas where project materials are readily available, many of these projects occur in remote areas or war zones, where project materials must be procured from the United States or elsewhere and shipped to the unit performing the construction. The construction scopes also vary from projects as small as concrete sidewalks to projects as large as full utility system installations, or complete facility and base construction. As a result of the diverse locations and project types that the Naval Construction Force experiences, the logistics of providing project material and construction equipment to multiple global locations is a major challenge. The Naval Construction Force still experiences delays and inefficiencies in supplying construction materials to its various projects and units deployed throughout the world, which in turn reduces the overall productivity of the deployed Construction Battalions. This research explores the current supply chain that the NCF has in place for obtaining construction project materials. It also explores the latest initiatives in information technology and construction supply chain management that are being applied in the commercial sector. The two systems are compared to determine what private practices and technologies can be applied to the Navy system to make it more efficient. Since the Navy is restricted by Federal Acquisition Regulations, and has unique funding streams authorized by Congress, it will not have the ability to fully operate as a private construction company, and these restrictions are addressed. The issue of outsourcing and privatization is also studied, and the feasibility of outsourcing the entire construction material process is considered.
Books on the topic "Construction navale militaire"
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Bland, Douglas. National approaches to shipbuilding and ship procurement. Kingston, Ont: Defence Management Studies Program, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, 2010.
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Loire, René. La mer pour vaincre: Et le ciel aussi : des idées navalement incorrectes : essai. Houston, Texas: A. Ghosh, c1999., 1999.
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Morton, Darren Christopher. Factors affecting productivity in the United States Naval Construction Force. Springfield, Va: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997.
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Arellano, Hector Armando. Analysis of contract modifications on Military Construction (MILCON) projects administered by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Springfield, Va: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995.
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1942-, Moore Kenneth J., ed. Cold War submarines: The design and construction of U.S. and Soviet submarines. Washington, D.C: Brassey's, 2004.
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Naval Historical Center (U.S.), ed. Forged in war: The naval-industrial complex and American submarine construction, 1940-1961. Washington: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1993.
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Weir, Gary E. Forged in war: The naval-industrial complex and American submarine construction, 1940-1961. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1998.
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Weir, Gary E. Forged in war: The naval-industrial complex and American submarine construction, 1940-1961. Washington: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy, 1993.
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Robinson, Robb. "Fish and Naval Forces: The Edwardian Background." In Fishermen, the Fishing Industry and the Great War at Sea, 5–22. Liverpool University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781786941756.003.0002.
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This chapter describes Britain as the world's leading military and mercantile maritime nation that possessed the largest and most sophisticated fishing industry during the Edwardian era. It talks about the waters surrounding the British Isles that were home to countless species of fish, many of which were taken by different groups of fishermen in a diversity of locations using a varied range of catching equipment and craft. It also refers to the trawl and herring fisheries of the British fish trade that employed very large numbers of Edwardian fishermen and fishing vessels. The chapter analyzes the British trawling trade that had expanded markedly since the mid-nineteenth century when the construction of the national railway network provided reliable access to inland markets. It details how the railways helped make fresh white fish an article of cheap mass consumption in many burgeoning inland industrial towns and cities.
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Treharne, Sally-Ann. "Vested Interests: US Involvement in the Anglo-Guatemalan Dispute." In Reagan and Thatcher's Special Relationship, 145–95. Edinburgh University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748686063.003.0005.
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The question of Belizean independence was an important issue for both the Reagan and Thatcher governments in the early 1980s. For the UK, Belizean independence represented an opportunity to reduce its financial obligations in maintaining a former British colony. It also afforded the UK an opportunity to secure a Belizean commitment to the British Commonwealth. The US saw Belizean independence as a means to counter Soviet expansion in the region and as a bulwark against the possible expansion of leftist guerrilla activity from neighbouring Honduras. This was particularly important to the Reagan administration given the perceived communist threat in the region from Cuba, Nicaragua and El Salvador.1 A democratic Belize would provide the US with a valuable political and ideological ally given its strategic location bordered on two sides by both Honduras and Guatemala. The US also hoped that involvement in the Belizean issue would help it to establish closer ties with Guatemala. Improved US– Guatemalan relations would allow the US to explore the possibilities of renewed US–Guatemalan military trade and, to a lesser extent, the construction of a US naval base in Guatemala.
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Colby, Jason M. "Griffin’s Quest." In Orca. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190673093.003.0007.
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By the early spring of 1962, all of western Washington was abuzz with Seattle’s upcoming world’s fair—the first to be held in the United States since 1940. On April 21, with the push of a button in the Oval Office, President John F. Kennedy released a swarm of balloons 2,300 miles away in Seattle. Seconds later, warplanes from the naval air station on nearby Whidbey Island roared over the city, thrilling the throngs of eager fairgoers. Over the next six months, nearly ten million people passed through the turnstiles, among them Elvis Presley, to film his forgettable It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963). Officially titled the Century 21 Exposition, the fair boasted exhibits from twenty-seven countries and a range of attractions. But with futuristic highlights such as the Monorail and Space Needle, it aimed above all to celebrate Seattle’s new modern identity. It seemed the perfect theme for the time and place. Just two months earlier, John Glenn had become the first American to orbit the earth, and the Cold War space race was in full swing. The Boeing Company, with its headquarters and three manufacturing plants in and around the city, was a leader in cutting-edge commercial and military aviation. If the 1962 world’s fair didn’t launch Seattle into the twenty-first century, it certainly signaled the city’s move away from its nineteenth-century extractive economy. But these changes came at a cost. Seattle’s maritime industries had been declining since World War II, even as Boeing jobs and freeway construction hastened flight to the suburbs. By the early 1960s, city leaders were pushing for urban renewal. The Seattle Times led the way, publishing a special feature in October 1961 that called for a “downtown for people.” To be sure, the Century 21 Exposition provided a short-term boost, drawing visitors to the fair site at the base of Queen Anne Hill and creating the new tourist hub of Seattle Center. But two months later, an event drew visitors to the waterfront itself.
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Smith, Michael. "How It Began: Bletchley Park Goes to War." In Colossus. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192840554.003.0009.
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The breaking of the German teleprinter cipher that led to the construction of the Colossus computer was the culmination of a series of triumphs for British codebreakers. British interception of other countries’ radio communications had begun in earnest during the First World War. The War Office ‘censored’ diplomatic communications passing through the hands of the international telegraph companies, setting up a codebreaking operation to decipher the secret messages. The British Army intercepted German military wireless communications with a great deal of success. E. W. B. Gill, one of the army officers involved in decoding the messages, recalled that ‘the orderly Teutonic mind was especially suited for devising schemes which any child could unravel’. One of the most notable successes for the British cryptanalysts came in December 1916 when the commander of the German Middle-East signals operation sent a drunken message to all his operators wishing them a Merry Christmas. With little other activity taking place over the Christmas period, the same isolated and clearly identical message was sent out in six different codes, only one of which, until this point, the British had managed to break. The army codebreaking operation became known as MI1b and was commanded by Major Malcolm Hay, a noted historian and eminent academic. It enjoyed a somewhat fractious relationship with its junior counterpart in the Admiralty, formally the Naval Intelligence Department 25 (NID25) but much better known as Room 40, after the office in the Old Admiralty Buildings in Whitehall that it occupied. The navy codebreaking organisation had an even more successful war than MI1b, recruiting a number of the future employees of Britain’s Second World War codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park, including Dillwyn ‘Dilly’ Knox, Frank Birch, Nigel de Grey, and Alastair Denniston, who by the end of the war was head of Room 40. Among the many successes of the Royal Navy codebreakers was the breaking of the Zimmermann telegram, which showed that Germany had asked Mexico to join an alliance against the United States, offering Mexico’s ‘lost territory’ in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in return, and brought the United States into the war.
Conference papers on the topic "Construction navale militaire"
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DeGiorgi, Virginia G. "Pathways Into Corrosion Related Naval Applications." In ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/smasis2011-5248.
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The cost of corrosion to the US military is huge. In 2006–2007 the US Navy spent $3.2 Billion on corrosion related maintenance on ships alone. Additional funds were expended maintaining US Navy aircraft, helicopters and land vehicles. The cost of corrosion must be controlled. It is apparent that extraordinary cost reductions are needed to bring the problem under control. In order to achieve such dramatic improvements changes from conventional methods of construction, inspection and monitoring are necessary. There are ample opportunities for active material technologies if the researcher understands the fundamental corrosion problem. In this paper the author outlines information on US Navy corrosion concerns including examples of recent request for information data calls. It is hoped that this paper will help researchers in the SMASIS community understand the needs associated with US naval corrosion.
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Heley, D. "The Duqm Naval Dockyard - A Naval Yard for Oman." In International Conference on Marine Engineering and Technology Oman. London: IMarEST, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24868/icmet.oman.2019.021.
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The creation of the Duqm Naval Dockyard (DND) Joint Venture between Babcock International Group and the Oman Drydock Company (ODC) in November 2016 was quickly followed by company incorporation in June 2017. DND combines the well-honed skill sets of ODC and Babcock to establish a focussed warship repair and maintenance facility within the broader commercial Port of Duqm. The latter serves as a secure logistics and supply hub in a deep water port adjacent to the dockyard. Thus, in one location, Duqm provides the facilities of both a naval base and a naval dockyard. This combination has been successfully tested through a number of contracts to date, and the UK-Omani bilateral defence exercise, Saif Sareea, in the autumn of 2018, successfully tested the UK’s concept of ‘Defence Hub Duqm’. In the last 6 months, both the UK , and the US Governments have signed Defence and Strategic agreements with the Sultanate which specifically mention the importance of a repair and logistics hub at Duqm. The dockyard has state of the art infrastructure, with two graving docks capable of docking Ultra Large Crude Carriers and Warships. Since June 2017, DND has completed a number of successful and complex repairs on warships and auxiliaries from both the USN and the RN, including the complex drydocking and repair of a US Military Sealift Command aluminium catamaran. DND is now being looked at by a number of navies as an ideal maintenance and repair hub for their operations in the Middle East and beyond. A deep-water, purpose built facility, Duqm sits astride the ‘Global Energy Interstate’ of the Indian Ocean and Gulf. Ships utilising Duqm can access the Straits of Hormuz, the Bab El Mendaab and Gulf of Aden, and the East African seaboard with ease. Equally, ships at Duqm have easy access to the Gulf of Arabia without being tied to maintenance and repair facilities within the Gulf itself. The location of the port also offers unrivalled force protection and security for visiting warships. Looking ahead, the intention for both ODC and DND is to embark on a shipbuilding programme at the repair yard, to include the construction of offshore support vessels and warships. This will be the first such facility in the Sultanate, and aligns with the latter’s Five Pillars of Economic Diversification , in which Duqm (and SEZAD) will play such an important part.
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Keane, Robert G. "Ensuring Successful Ship Construction Outcomes: Using More Physics-Based Design Tools in Early Concept Design." In SNAME Maritime Convention. SNAME, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/smc-2012-p01.
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The Navy has experimented with many ways to improve the producibility of naval ship designs. In terms of effectiveness - does the ship do what it is supposed to do - the Navy has been reasonably successful. However, in terms of efficiency - are the ships efficient to produce and own - there is still much room for improvement. Design for producibility – being able to efficiently produce a warship - must start during the earliest stages of concept design and continue to be addressed during the subsequent pre-production processes. However, many early stage naval ship design engineers either do not recognize this need or do not know how to design for producibility. A number of improvements to early stage ship design capabilities are being developed in order to make the process both effective and efficient. This paper addresses the critical stage of the collaborative Design-Build-Own process of initially sizing the hull during concept design. The author proposes the development and use of more physics-based design tools during concept design, such as those being developed under the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program’s Computational Research & Engineering for Acquisition Tools & Environments (CREATE) – SHIPS Project. These new ship design methodologies will enable conceptual design engineers to adequately size a ship to meet military performance requirements and to have a low enough ship density to ensure successful ship construction outcomes. The director of a Netherlands’ shipyard which designs and builds surface combatants recently stated at a luncheon of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), “We learned a long time ago to give ourselves enough space to build a ship – steel is cheap, air is free!”
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Manley, Richard J., Dennis G. Gallagher, William W. Hughes, and Allie M. Pilcher. "Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD)." In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2017-70026.
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Military diving operations are routinely conducted in what can be one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet, frequently characterized by zero visibility. The inability to clearly see the immediate operational environment has historically been a serious limitation to manned diving operations — whether the mission is ship husbandry, under water construction, salvage, or scientific research. U.S. Navy diving is an integral part of the nation’s defense strategy with a continuing requirement to conduct manned intervention in the water column. To ensure technical superiority across the entire spectrum of diving operations we must identify, exploit, and de velop technology to advance the state-of-the-art in diving equipment. This can only be achieved by investing in, and supporting, focused research and development with specific goals to further diving capabilities. Under a project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has de veloped a prototype see-through head-up display system for a U. S. Navy diving helmet — the Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD). The DAVD system uses waveguide optical display modules that couple images from a micro display into a waveguide optic, translate the images through a series of internal reflections, finally exiting toward the diver’s eye providing a magnified, see-through virtual image at a specific distance in front of the diver. The virtual images can be critical information and sensor data including sonar images, ship husbandry and underwater construction schematics, enhanced navigation displays, augmented reality, and text messages. NSWC PCD is the U.S. Navy’s leading laboratory for research, development, testing, evaluation, and technology transition of diver visual display systems; with unique facilities for rapid prototyping and manufacturing, human systems integration and extreme environment testing. Along with NSWC PCD, the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), and Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) are co-located tenant commands at the Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC). This paper provides a brief background on the development of diver head-up display systems, waveguide optical display technology, development of the DAVD prototype, results of diver evaluations, and recommendations for accelerated development of this game changing capability.
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Blokland, Eur Ing A. J., I. P. Barendregt, and C. J. C. M. Posthumus. "The adaptable energy platform." In Marine Electrical and Control Systems Safety Conference. IMarEST, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24868/issn.2515-8198.2019.009.
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The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued an Operational Energy Strategy (OES) with ambition targets for energy independence and improvement of energy efficiency during the life time of naval platforms. A target is given in 2030 of 20 % reduced dependence on fossil fuels and in 2050 of 70 % reduced dependence on fossil fuels, compared to 2010. More stringent environmental emission (NOx, CO2, etc.) requirements are to be expected as a result from IMO and (local) political regulations. In the last decades the power consumption on board of naval platforms increased substantially as well as the complexity of integrated energy systems. Market surveys shows that the evolution of commercial green technologies are promising but have to be demonstrated in the coming years on low power and energy levels. They will not be de-risked in depth or well proven to be successful in time to be selected for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) new naval projects (2019 – 2025). Furthermore, new technologies as energy resources and carriers (H2, LNG, methanol, power-to-liquid (PTL), etc.) or new system technologies (DC on high voltage level, fuel cell systems, waste energy recovery, etc.) require a new approach for integration aspects like hazard and safety cases and energy efficiency. This is because the energy demand on board of naval platforms in several military operational modes differ from the merchant and off-shore branch. In this paper an approach for an adaptable energy platform is described to design a new naval platform based on nowadays proven technology as fossil fuels that can be transformed during life time that can fulfill the expectations and requirements of the coming decades (non-fossil fuels, zero emission, improved energy efficiency). Aspects as a naval energy index as reference will be discussed as well as an evaluation of new technologies for new naval platform integration design parameters, such as power or energy demands, consequences of energy resources, energy control as well as build in ship construction safety measures.
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Burek, Gregory J., and Thomas L. Neyhart. "Knowledge Aware Engineering in Shipbuilding." In SNAME Maritime Convention. SNAME, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/smc-2013-p29.
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The shipbuilding industry is considered a very traditional business that experiences long transitional periods to implement major changes, especially in its approach and execution of major business and cultural changes. This reluctance to adopt major changes is mainly due to the industry’s long product development and build cycles compared to other industries, such as automobiles and airplanes. The loner ship cycle, which can be as long as 10-20 years for military builds, is much longer than the cycles typically found in other industries, which are on the order of 1-5 years. Pressure to change in the shipbuilding industry has typically been forced due to economic conditions, wartime efforts or the introduction of new and improved technologies required by customers. Sequestration has recently placed increasing pressure to reduce the cost and number of military ships sponsored by the Federal Government. The key driver to this is our country’s overall economic climate, as well as the global economy. Consequently, this global cost pressure is affecting both military and commercial construction worldwide. Every day, our industry news sources discuss our Government’s shortage of naval shipbuilding funds and the need to cut the number of and the cost of each of these designs. Global shipbuilding orders are down due to overcapacity and reduced customer demand. The US shipbuilding industry is facing some very critical challenges, both domestically and internationally. These challenges must be addressed so that our industry can maintain its national strategic capability.
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Kingsley, Joseph, and Matthew Stauffer. "United States Navy (USN) Integrated Power System (IPS) Testing Experience With a LM2500 Generator Set Utilizing a MicroNet Controller." In ASME Turbo Expo 2000: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/2000-gt-0606.
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The US Navy has been researching integrated electric propulsion systems for many years. The economic advantages of the integrated electric architecture, where power for propulsion as well as ship service are derived from a common set of generators, are well recognized and such systems are used throughout many sectors of the commercial marine industry today. In addition to the economic advantages, there are military benefits to the ship when an Integrated Power System (IPS) architecture is adopted. Those include increased reliability and survivability, reduced signatures and increased upgradeability. A full scale Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) was constructed at the Advanced Propulsion and Power Generation Test Site (APPGTS) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division – Ship Systems Engineering Station (NSWCCD-SSES) in Philadelphia, Pa, to demonstrate the system architecture and feasibility of chosen technologies for a warship application. This paper will describe the IPS, test site construction, and test operational experience with a GE LM2500 engine, utilizing a Woodward Governor Company (WGC) MicroNet controller, as the prime mover for the main generator set.
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Buck, Jon. "Rapidly Deployable Intermodal Facility (RDIF): A New Ship Systems Technology." In ASME 2004 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2004-51342.
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This paper presents a description of a new ship technology called the Mobil Ocean System. The Mobil Ocean System (RDIF) is a recently patented marine platform technology that is both high speed and very stable in open ocean conditions, (Patent No. 6,341,573 B1). The RDIF is configured as a transformable ship with an upper hull and lower catamaran hulls. The upper hull contains the habitability spaces, prime movers, and operational platform. The lower catamaran hulls are pivotal at each end; they separate at the center and swing down to form a spar hull configuration. The RDIF employs the principle of the spar hull, which provides a very stable platform in the seaway. Combining the spar catamaran hulls as part of a horizontal ship configuration provides the capability for the ship to be transformed from a conventional ship into a stable ocean platform and back again. The RDIF has both multi-industrial and military uses including: 1. Seabasing platform, RDIF/SB. 2. Missile Defense, RDIF/MD. 3. Open-ocean aquaculture and fish process plant, RDIF/A. 4. Renewable energy generation, possible hydrogen and potable water production plant, RDIF/E. 5. Space vehicle launch platform, equatorial and polar launches, RDIF/L. The RDIF has applicability to the private sector or Government customers who have requirements for a high speed and an open ocean mobile stable platform. We are developing the RDIF to meet specified customer requirements, we are providing the naval architecture and engineering design, and we will oversee construction of the platform. As with many new enabling technologies, the military or industry user may not see a current requirement because the capability that new technology provides has not been available before. Projecting into the future, applying entrepreneurial thinking to develop new applications and mission requirements, and operational scenario, are what is needed to take full advantage of this new emerging technology. Thinking “outside the box” will gain the best advantage when applying the new novel RDIF technology. This paper presents a description of the RDIF technology, data on validation of concept, and expands on how the technology may be deployed both in the military and commercial use.
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Dyer, Robert S., Ella Barnes, Randall L. Snipes, Steinar Ho̸ibra˚ten, Valery Sveshnikov, and Nina Yanovskaya. "International Cooperative Program Addressing the Management of Military Spent Nuclear Fuel in Russia." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4796.
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Northwest Russia contains large quantities of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) that potentially threaten the environmental security of the surrounding Arctic Region. The majority of the SNF from Russian decommissioned nuclear submarines is currently stored either onboard submarines or in floating storage vesssels in Northwest Russia. Some of the SNF is damaged, stored in an unstable condition, or of a type that cannot currently be reprocessed. Most of the existing storage facilities being used in Northwest Russia do not meet health and safety and physical security requirements. Existing Russian transport infrastructure and reprocessing facilities cannot meet the requirements for moving and reprocessing this fuel. Therefore, additional interim storage capacity is required. The removal, handling, interim storage, and shipment of the fuel pose technical, ecological, and security challenges. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, along with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, is working closely with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation (RF) to develop an improved and integrated management system for interim storage of military SNF in NW Russia. The cooperative effort consists of three subprojects involving the development of: (1) a prototype dual-purpose, metal-concrete container for both transport and long-term storage of RF military SNF, (2) the first transshipment/interim storage facility for these containers, and (3) improved fuel preparation and cask loading procedures and systems to control the moisture levels within the containers. The first subproject, development of a prototype dual-purpose container, was completed in December 2000. This was the first metal-concrete container developed, licensed, and produced in Russia for both the transportation and storage of military SNF. These containers are now in serial production. Russia plans to use these containers for the transport and interim storage of military SNF from decommissioned nuclear submarines at naval installations in the Arctic and Far East. The second subproject, the design, construction, and licensing of the first transshipment/interim storage facility in Russia, was completed in September 2003. This facility can provide interim storage for up to nineteen 40-tonne SNF containers filled with SNF for a period not to exceed two years. The primary objective of building this transshipment/interim storage facility in Murmansk, Russia was to remove a bottleneck in the RF transportation infrastructure for moving containers, loaded with SNF, from the arctic region to PO “Mayak” for reprocessing or longer-term storage. The third subproject addresses the need to improve fuel conditioning and cask operating procedures to ensure safe storage of SNF for at least 50 years. This will involve the review and improvement of existing RF procedures and systems for preparing and loading the fuel in the specially designed casks for transport and long-term storage. This subproject is scheduled for completion in December 2003. Upon completion, these subprojects are designed to provide a physically secure, accountable, and environmentally sound integrated solution that will increase the capacity for removal and transfer of SNF from decommissioned RF submarines in the Russian Federation to PO “Mayak” in central Russia.
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Fratini, Fabio, Manuela Mattone, and Silvia Rescic. "The building materials of “Colle del Melogno” Central Fort (Liguria, Italy)." In FORTMED2020 - Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean. Valencia: Universitat Politàcnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/fortmed2020.2020.11544.
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The Melogno pass (Colle del Melogno) is located at 1026 m above sea level, between the high Val Bormida and the hinterland of the Finalese (province of Savona) and is one of the highest mountain passes in the Ligurian Alps. In ancient times, this zone was considered strategically important from the military point of view since it is located at the crossroads of many communication routes. In these areas, in November 1795, during the “Battle of Loano”, the French army, commanded by Andrea Massena and the allied army of Austria, prevailed over the Kingdom of Sardinia, led by Oliver Remigius von Wallis. However, the territory remained possession of the Kingdom of Sardinia and, between 1883 and 1895, the worsening of relations with France induced the government to erect, near the pass, three imposing fortifications (Tortagna, Settepani and Centrale) to prevent an entry into Piedmont by armies coming from the coast. For the same purpose other fortifications were erected near the passes of Tenda, Nava, Turchino and near the villages of Zuccarello, Altare and Vado. The most impressive among the three fortifications of Melogno pass is the Central Fort. It occupies all the saddle of the pass and it is crossed by the provincial road 490 connecting the coast of Finale Ligure to Piedmont. The fort, still of military property, is a listed historical artefact. It has a polygonal shape, with a main barrack developed on two floors. Four defensive and attacking emplacements were located outside the main complex, along a detached hill, with heavy artillery pointed towards the coast. The study will examine the natural and artificial stone materials used for the building through mineralogical and petrographic analysis and will verify both the variations occurred during the construction phases and the relations with the local supply sources.
Reports on the topic "Construction navale militaire"
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC. Department of the Navy, FY 1999 Budget Estimates. Military Construction, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Program. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, February 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada336836.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC. Department of the Navy FY 1995 Budget Estimates. Justification of Estimates, Military Construction, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, February 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada276599.
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