| dc.contributor.advisor |
Moon , T . J . (Tess J . ) |
|
| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Campbell , Matthew I . |
|
| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Fahrenthold , Eric P . |
|
| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Fair , Harry D . |
|
| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Funk , Paul E . |
|
| dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Howell , John R . |
|
| dc.creator |
Keena , Joshua Monroe |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2011 -10 -26T15 :36 :41Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2011 -10 -26T15 :36 :41Z |
|
| dc.date.created |
2011 -08 |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2011 -10 -26 |
|
| dc.date.submitted |
August 2011 |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http : / /hdl .handle .net /2152 /ETD -UT -2011 -08 -3781 |
|
| dc.description.abstract |
Decision makers often present military researchers with a most daunting challenge : to pursue , with some level of prophetic certainty , innovative concepts that will yield increased capabilities during future wars against forecasted threats in not -yet - determined locations . This conundrum is complicated further with the requirement that the proposed technology yield benefit throughout the various strata of military operations . In the maturation of an advanced capability enabled by a technological advancement , a groundbreaking design should simultaneously demonstrate performance overmatch against an envisioned foe while showing that the costs associated with development , procurement , and operation outweigh reverting to an incremental advancement in the conventional means of delivering combat power .
This manuscript focuses on the construction and utilization of decision support tools for use by scientists and engineers charged with providing a quantitative evaluation of an advanced ground combat system . The concepts presented focus on the effects and synergy regarding the combat vehicle principal attributes of survivability , lethality , and mobility . Additionally , this study provides a framework for analysis of these attributes when screened at the tactical , operational , and strategic levels of war . These concepts are presented and demonstrated from both the candidate selection (or choice ) perspective , and the concept development (or design ) perspective . As an example of this approach , this study includes a comparison of conventional powder gun cannonry versus a specific type of electromagnetic launch device known as the railgun .
The decision support tools formulated in this dissertation allow the user to distill , at a coarse level of fidelity , the parametric relationships between system survivability , lethality , and mobility for advanced weapon system concepts . The proposed methods are suited for evaluation at the nascent stages of development , when the information normally applied in standard methods is sparse . This general approach may also be valuable in contemporary acquisition strategies employed in urgent fielding efforts , where the immediacy of the problem can benefit from an expedient and efficient method of analyzing the coupled and synergistic effects of implementing a proposed technology . While advantage is typically measured in terms of performance overmatch at the platform level , the broadening of this consideration vertically to higher levels of military command can aid in identifying the competing issues and complementary relationships related to a technical approach . Finally , given the backdrop demonstration for the framework , this manuscript may serve as a brief summary of system fundamentals and design theory for direct fire powder gun cannonry and electromagnetic railguns . |
|
| dc.format.mimetype |
application /pdf |
|
| dc.language.iso |
eng |
|
| dc.subject |
Fighting vehicle |
|
| dc.subject |
Ground combat system |
|
| dc.subject |
Survivability |
|
| dc.subject |
Lethality |
|
| dc.subject |
Mobility |
|
| dc.title |
Demonstration of decision support tools for evaluating ground combat system survivability , lethality , and mobility at the tactical , operational , and strategic levels of war |
|
| dc.description.department |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
| dc.type.genre |
thesis |
* |
| dc.type.material |
text |
* |
| thesis.degree.name |
Doctor of Philosophy |
|
| thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
|
| thesis.degree.discipline |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
| thesis.degree.grantor |
University of Texas at Austin |
|
| thesis.degree.department |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
| dc.date.updated |
2011 -10 -26T15 :36 :58Z |
|
| dc.identifier.slug |
2152 /ETD -UT -2011 -08 -3781 |
|