Date of Award
3-14-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Operations Research
Department
Department of Operational Sciences
First Advisor
Raymond R. Hill, PhD.
Abstract
The assessment of aircraft survivability against explosive munitions is an expensive undertaking. Test articles for both aircraft and weapon are scarce due to their high costs, leading to a limited supply of test data. The development of newer, hopefully more effective weaponry and protection measures continues despite the short supply of test data. Therefore, test organizations need to explore methods for increasing the quality of test results while looking for ways to decrease the associated costs. This research focuses on the Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) as the weapon of choice and live- re arena testing as the experimental data source. A simulation infrastructure is built and used to examine how to optimize the arena configuration to maximize the test information obtained. Several research questions are explored: measuring potential data quality, comparing arena designs, and improving arena configurations based on fragment pattern predictions.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-ENS-14-M-09
DTIC Accession Number
ADA598905
Recommended Citation
Garee, Michael J., "Fragment Capture Simulation for MANPADS Test Arena Optimization" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 675.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/675