Parametric Studies of DDG-81 Ship Shock Trial Simulations

Abstract

Motivated by the sizable ledger of ships sent to the ocean floor without ever sustaining a direct hit during World War II, a heightened interest in ship shock survivability spread throughout the Naval Engineering community. As a result, over the last fifty years, Live Fire Test & Evaluations, otherwise known as ship shock trials, have been conducted in order to determine the seaworthiness of each new class of ship commissioned in the U.S. Fleet. While beneficial in determining the overall survivability of a ship and its mission essential equipment in a severe shock environment, these Navy-mandated tests pose serious danger to the crew, ship and environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422216

Entities

People

  • Jarema M. Didoszak

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Arleigh Burke Class
  • Data Analysis
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Petn
  • Ships
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Uss Arleigh Burke
  • Uss John Paul Jones

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.