Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1996. / "June 1996." Thesis advisor(s): Xiaoping Yun, Robert B. McGhee. Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-157). Also available online.

Dissertation (Ph.D. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1994. / "December 1994." Dissertation supervisor(s): Michael J. Zyda. Appendix G videotape located at VHS 5000052. Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-262). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Applied Science (Physical Oceanography))--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Anthony J. Healey, Edward B. Thornton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Anthony J. Healey. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Fotis Papoulias. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64). Also available online.

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003. / The CD-ROM contains Appendix D: mass spectrometer data. Bibliography: leaves 94-97.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-137).

Thesis (Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / Underwater glider wings are the lifting surfaces of unmanned underwater vehicles UUVs depending on the chosen aerofoil sections. The efficiency as well as the performance of an underwater glider mostly depends on the hydrodynamic characteristics such as lift, drag, lift to drag ratio, etc of the wings. Among other factors, the geometric properties of the glider wing are also crucial to underwater glider performance. This study presents an opportunity for the numerical investigation to improve the hydrodynamic performance by incorporating curvature at the trailing edge of a wing as oppose to the standard straight or sharp trailing edge. A CAD model with straight leading edge and trailing edge was prepared with NACA 0016 using SolidWorks 2017. The operating conditions were setup such that the inlet speed varies from 0.1 to 0.5 m/s representing a Reynolds number 27.8 x 10ᵌ and 53 x 10ᵌ. The static pressure at different angles of attack (AOA) which varies from 2 to 16degrees at the increment of 2degrees for three turbulent models (K-Ԑ-standard, K-Ԑ-RNG and K-Ԑ-Realizable), was computed for upper and lower surfaces of the modified wing model using ANSYS Fluent 18.1. Thereafter the static pressure distribution, lift coefficient, drag coefficient, lift to drag ratio and pressure coefficient for both upper and lower surfaces were analysed. The findings showed that the lift and drag coefficient are influenced by the AOA and the inlet speed. If these parameters change the performance of the underwater glider changes as depicted by figure 5.6 and figure 5.7. The hydrodynamics of the underwater glider wing is optimized using the Cʟ/Cᴅ ratio as function of the operating conditions (AOA and the inlet speed). The investigation showed that the optimal design point of the AOA of 12 degrees and a corresponding inlet speed of 0.26m/s. The critical AOA matched with the optimal design point AOA of 12 degrees. It was also observed that Cp varies across the wing span. The results showed the Cp is higher closer to the fuselage while decreasing towards the mid-span and at the tip of the wing. This showed that the wing experiences more stress close to the fuselage than the rest of the wing span which implies that a higher structural rigidity is required close to the fuselage. The results of the drag and lift curves correspond to the wing characteristics typical observed for this type of aerofoil.

Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre os recursos de análise estrutural disponíveis para submersíveis, sugere um critério de projeto estrutural próprio e desenvolve critérios de análise estrutural de submersíveis, após a fase de construção. No estudo dos recursos disponíveis é apresentado e analisado o atual nível de conhecimentos neste campos, a partir do levantamento de informações, muitas vezes restritas e confidenciais. Um critério de projeto é desenvolvido a partir de dados dispersos na bibliografia consultada, aos quais foram adicionados itens resultantes da experiência do autor. Os critérios de análise de submersíveis já construídos são desenvolvidos a partir de modelos analíticos ou de elementos finitos. Nestes, utiliza-se a vantagem da estrutura já estar fabricada, e portanto ser possível a obtenção de informações, que a nível de projeto necessitavam ser admitidas. São ainda desenvolvidos critérios para análise de resultados, com enfoque especial à avaliação de regiões estruturais que necessitem ser modificadas. Ao final são apresentadas as principais conclusões do trabalho e ressaltada a necessidade da continuidade das pesquisas que aprofundem vários aspectos levantados ao longo do texto. / The aim of this thesis work is three fold: to present a comphreensive study on structural analysis tools for submersible vehicles, to introduce a design criteria for new vessels and to develop methods for structural checkings for operating submersibles. In the first part, several data available at present time are discussed and analysed, although many of them are still considered either restricted or even confidential. Based on those data and on author\'s experience a design criteria is developed. Finally, the methods for analyzing operating vessels are obtained, starting from analytical models and also by using the finite element method approach. Those methods are more feasible from the stand point of final results, since all necessary data for the analysis are available. Within this context, the methods for analyzing operating submersibles are also very useful to evaluate structural parts which need either repair work or even modifications to face any new operating condition.

Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71). / by Erik Alfred Burian. / S.M.