Payload and Survivability Tradeoffs in the Presence of Risk

Abstract

The objective of this thesis research is to find an optimized throughput plan for ship sustainment operations that will assist in minimizing the overall risk of transportation of supplies. Our main goal is to maximize throughput when considering cargo ship size, quantity, speed, range, and risk when traversing through a designated travel area. Data collected from previous theses, analytical equations, and computer modeling programs assist in computing this maximum throughput load. The results of this thesis demonstrate that a thorough awareness and consideration of the survivability of supply vehicles must be analyzed to mitigate increased risk.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA585531

Entities

People

  • Mary-elyse Janowski

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Best Practices
  • Cargo Ships
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Architecture
  • Ship Design
  • Ships
  • Survivability
  • Survival
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.