MOSES Support Platform

Abstract

This paper describes a concept design for a mobile support platform for the deployment, retrieval, and operation of the MOSES inflatable causeway. The system provides the capability to unload vehicular cargo at locations without port facilities without driving the vehicles through the surf zone. The platform is based on a commercially available jack-up barge with additional machinery and equipment fitted to deploy and retrieve MOSES. The platform is intended to require as little human oversight as possible. Together with MOSES, the platform provides a self-sufficient vehicle offloading system, which provides the functionality of conventional temporary causeways with a significant reduction in cost, weight and set-up time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488696

Entities

People

  • Oliver Sander

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Air Compressors
  • Air Pressure
  • Causeways
  • Compressors
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Fuel Efficiency
  • Fuels
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Military Vehicles
  • Pressure Switches
  • Surface Warfare
  • Vehicles
  • Water Pumps

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Software Engineering