Mine Burial Assessment State-Of-The Art Technology Inprediction and Modeling
Abstract
LONG-TERM GOAL. The U.S. Navy s mine warfare community requires reliable predictive capabilities for mine burial in coastal environments. Present-day state-of-the-art mine burial prediction capabilities do not adequately meet Navy requirements. Therefore, the long-term goal is to create capabilities that do, in fact, satisfy those requirements. The ability to predict the rate (speed) and extent of burial of a given type of mine is largely a matter of having mine burial models that realistically emulate the burial environment and incorporate the appropriate burial processes and mechanisms that act on the mine. However, to perform their functions, such models require appropriate input data of commensurate comprehensiveness and precision. Clearly, it is crucial that such models have available high-quality quantitative input describing pertinent environmental processes and mechanisms and their seasonal variations, and an accurate map of the geological materials. In particular, if they are to achieve the required reliability, the models must incorporate the effects of combined interactions of coupled processes and mechanisms. These processes and mechanisms must be understood and quantified as functions of the dominant environmental forcing mechanisms prevailing in each of the specific coastal environments under consideration. In view of the last consideration, it is also clear that a representative statistical distribution of the geological material properties must be delineated (Bennett, et al., 1992).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA636748
Entities
People
- Richard H. Bennett