Analysis of cruise missile vulnerability within the context of the Systems Engineering Process

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dc.contributor.authorWilk, Thomas M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:51:29Zen
dc.date.adate2009-12-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:51:29Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2009-12-16en
dc.date.sdate2009-12-16en
dc.description.abstractAnti-shipping cruise missiles are likely to pose a serious threat to U.S. Naval forces in any future conflict. In order to adequately defend their assets, the U.S. Navy needs to develop the means to defeat these systems. To do this, it needs to define and exploit any vulnerabilities associated with them. The Systems Engineering Process is used to define the vulnerability of a generic cruise missile system. Initially, the requirement for a vulnerability analysis is established. The functions associated with cruise missile systems are presented, to a level in which components are identified. Existing systems are then compared, providing a means in which a "typical" system can be identified. The failure modes for this system are then defined. Finally, a computer model of the missile is constructed and analyzed, leading to numeric values for the measures of vulnerability to fragmenting warheads.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 90 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12162009-020119en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162009-020119/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46229en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1996.W555.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 35154430en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectsystems engineeringen
dc.subjectvulnerabilityen
dc.subjectlethalityen
dc.subjectcruise missilesen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1996.W555en
dc.titleAnalysis of cruise missile vulnerability within the context of the Systems Engineering Processen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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