| Regional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP), Version 3: User's Guide and Tutorial |
Sep-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Morang; Brian K Batten; Kenneth J Connell; Wayne Tanner; Magnus Larson; Nicholas C Kraus; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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 | This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) serves as a user's guide for the Regional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP) Version 3, a modernized version of the Beach Morphology and Analysis Package (BMAP). A revised interface facilitates assembly, quality control, manipulation, analysis, visualization, and archiving of geospatial shoreline positions, beach profiles, and channel cross-sections. The interface, options, data import and export, and data analysis routines are described within this CHETN. ... |
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| Assessment of a User Guide for One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) Version 2.0 |
Sep-2009 |
265 pages |
| Authors:
David R James; Jean L Dyer; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COLUMBUS GA
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| User Guide was developed for One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) version 2. It was designed to assist Army Research Institute (ARI) researchers and other first-time users who desire to use this simulation capability in their research or training application. The User Guide contains detailed, illustrated steps of the core procedures required to develop a basic scenario at the platoon and company echelons, thus serving as a prototype for guides that support ... |
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| User's Reference Manual for the Safety Assessment for Explosives Risk Software |
21-Jul-2009 |
122 pages |
| Authors:
Nina Donath; John W Tatom; Meredith J Hardwick; APT RESEARCH INC HUNTSVILLE AL
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| The DDESB has had an active role in the development of a risk-bound model to use for explosives facilities siting. This document is the User's Reference Guide for the risk-based tool. Safety Assessment for Explosives Risk(SAFER) Version 3.1. |
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| Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) Version 3.0 (User's Manual) |
12-Mar-2009 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
E J Metzger; O M Smedstad; S N Carroll; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The User's Manual describes the sequence of scripts for the Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) Version 3.0 that consists of the 1/12 degree global HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) and uses the Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation scheme that is run daily in the normal processing stream at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). It is geared toward NAVOCEANO operators rather than a scientific researcher using HYCOM. The appendices contain the ... |
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| User's Manual for the Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) Version 3.0 |
12-Mar-2009 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
E J Metzger; O M Smedstad; S N Carroll; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION BRANCH
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| This User's Manual describes the sequence of scripts for the Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) Version 3.0 that consists of the 1/12 degree global HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) and uses the Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation scheme that is run daily in the normal processing stream at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). It is geared toward NAVOCEANO operators rather than a scientific researcher using HYCOM. The appendices contain the ... |
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| Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) Version 4.0 (User's Manual) |
06-Feb-2009 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Paul J Martin; Charlie N Barron; Lucy F Smedstad; TImothy J Campbell; Alan J Wallcraft; Robert C Rhodes; Clark Rowley; Tamara L Townsend; Suzanne N Carroll; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The version 4 series of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and transitioned to the Navy Oceanographic Office. New capabilities include a general vertical coordinate (GVC) option in addition to the sigma-z coordinate vertical grid, Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) compliance, and several other compile time options that increase the flexibility of the model code. NRL has also begun maintaining NCOM ... |
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| MissileLab User's Guide |
Feb-2009 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Lamar M Auman; Kristina Kirby-Brown; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ENG CTR REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEM SIMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE
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| MissileLab is a Microsoft Window based, Graphical User Interface (GUI) written in Visual Basic, that assist the user in running several Missile Aerodynamic Prediction codes. MissileLab allow the aerodynamic to input one set of geometry and atmospheric conditions and then run several aerodynamic prediction codes with the click of a button. MissileLab creates input files and for and executes Missile DATCOM, AeroPrediction Code (AP98, AP02, and AP05), NEAR MISL3, MISDL ... |
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| A Megawatt Power Module for Ship Service - Supplement. Volume 2: MatLab Simulink Simulation User's Manual |
Jan-2009 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
John D Herbst; Angelo L Gattozzi; Robert E Hebner; TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN CENTER FOR ELECTROMECHANICS
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| This report is Volume 2 of a three-volume Final Report on ONR Contract N00014-07-C-0361. Activities documented in this report were performed as a supplement to ONR Grant N00014-06-01-0886. The two programs address the use of energy storage and high speed power generation to reduce fuel consumption of DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class ship service generation system by improving efficiency and permitting safe operation on one gas turbine generator set. In the ... |
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| The Scenario Analysis Tool Suite: A User's Guide |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Cigdem Dilek; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION (AUSTRALIA) JOINT OPERATIONS DIVISION
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 | This document is a user guide for the software product, the Scenario Analysis Tool Suite (version 1.5). The tool suite implements several scenario analysis techniques, Morphological analysis, Field Anomaly Relaxation analysis, Battelle approach, Bayesian approach, as well as an extended approach of combining methods. Thus the tool provides the opportunity to compare these techniques using a specific strategic question and provides computer support for the new combined technique. |
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| Graphical User Interface Version 2.8 with Fire and Smoke Simulation Model (FSSIM) Version 1.2: User Manual |
10-Oct-2008 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Greg Henley; Robert Kirkland; Jason Floyd; Joseph Scheffey; Frederick W Williams; Tomasz A Haupt; Bhargavi S Parihar; Patricia A Tatem; MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV MISSISSIPPI STATE CENTER FOR ADVANCED VEHICULAR SYSTEMS
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| The collaborative work of Hughes Associates, Inc. (HAI), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and a group at Mississippi State University resulted in developing a simulation system including Graphical User Interface (GUI) and visualization. The simulation environment provides a runtime environment for a third-party simulation package currently, FSSIM developed by HAI. This updated user's manual for the viewer provides documentation of the GUI layout and detailed discussion of features of the ... |
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| Claudia User Manual |
Oct-2008 |
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| Authors:
Ross Kyprianou; Daniel Finch; Nick Lioutas; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA) ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND RADAR DIVISION
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| This document is the user manual for version 1.0 of the generic maritime radar performance model Claudia'. Claudia computes the target detection performance of radars in maritime environments. |
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| Missile Datcom User's Manual - 2008 Revision |
Aug-2008 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
William Blake; Lamar Auman; Joshua Doyle; Christopher Rosema; Mark Underwood; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ENG CTR REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEM SIMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE
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| This report is a User's Manual for the 2008 Revision of the Missile Datcom computer program. It supersedes AFRL-VA-WP-TR-1998-3009. In missile preliminary design it is necessary to quickly and economically estimate the aerodynamics of a wide variety of missile configuration designs. Since the ultimate shape and aerodynamic performance are so dependent upon the subsystems utilized, such as payload size, propulsion system selection and launch mechanism, the designer must be capable ... |
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| Automap User's Guide 2008 |
01-Jul-2008 |
232 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M Carley; Dave Columbus; Matthew J DeReno; Jana Diesner; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| AutoMap is software for computer-assisted Network Text Analysis (NTA). NTA encodes the links among words in a text and constructs a network of the linked words. AutoMap subsumes classical Content Analysis by analyzing the existence, frequencies, and covariance of terms and themes. |
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| MeshGUI: A Mesh Generation and Editing Toolset for the ADCIRC Model |
08 FEB 2008 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Cheryl A. Blain; Robert S. Linzell; T. C. Massey; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The User's Manual for the Matlab-based MeshGUI Graphical User Interface (GUI) containing the software programs meshcreate.m and meshedit.m describes the software, including its functionality and usage. The meshcreate and meshedit tools provide a relatively automated and interactive means, respectively, for obtaining good quality finite element meshes that directly interface with the ADvanced CIRCulation Model (ADCIRC) through the fort.14 file. The resulting mesh, defined by a coastline boundary that inscribes connected ... |
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| User's Guide: Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams (FMARCB) |
JAN 2008 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Guillermo A. Riveros; Vellore S. Gopalaratnam; Amos Chase; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAB
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| A finite element package has been developed to perform nonlinear fracture mechanics analysis on reinforced concrete beams. The system consists of a graphic input/output interface and analysis routines using finite element techniques. Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams (FMARCB) is a two-dimensional finite element program with triangular, isoparametric, bar, and interface elements. The system uses the discrete crack approach with a fictitious crack model to represent tensile concrete softening; ... |
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| Southern California Agile Supply Network. Strategic Mobility 21 |
31 AUG 2007 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence G. Mallon; Beth Kulick; CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV LONG BEACH CENTER FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (CCDOTT)
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| This document describes a modeling framework, the Southern California Agile Supply Network (SCASN) simulation modeling system. This model, contracted to support SM21 for regional initiatives currently within Southern California, is intentionally designed to be flexible and generic such that it can be applied to any region or agile networking scenario. |
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| Mini-Rocket User Guide |
AUG 2007 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
III Sanders George A.; Ray Sells; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ENG CTR REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEM SIMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE
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| This document describes the use of a missile/rocket fly-out model that represents a significant advance in efficiency for these type of simulations given its modest requirements for complexity and runtime efficiency. The model is useful for generating trajectories and associated flight parameters for multi-stage powered missiles flying over a rotating, spherical earth. The model uses a unique osculating plane formulation that preserves relatively high fidelity while maintaining run-time efficiency and ... |
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| Mini-Rocket User Guide |
AUG 2007 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
III Sanders George A.; Ray Sells; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ENG CTR REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEM SIMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE
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| This document describes the use of a missile/rocket fly-out model that represents a significant advance in efficiency for these type of simulations given its modest requirements for complexity and runtime efficiency. The model is useful for generating trajectories and associated flight parameters for multi-stage powered missiles flying over a rotating, spherical earth. The model uses a unique osculating plane formulation that preserves relatively high fidelity while maintaining run-time efficiency and ... |
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| ERDC-CERL LD-870 Download Program Developed for Aberdeen Test Center: User's Manual |
MAY 2007 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Ben Niemoeller; Edward T. Nykaza; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory has developed software that interfaces with an array of Larson-Davis Model 870 (LD-870) Environmental Noise Monitors for Aberdeen Test Center. This document provides step-by-step instructions for operating the software program used to setup and download data from these noise monitors. It provides a troubleshooting guide for resolving known issues with the monitoring system and contains information regarding modem ... |
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| User Manual for Graphical User Interface Version 2.4 with Fire and Smoke Simulation Model (FSSIM) Version 1.2 |
18 DEC 2006 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Tomasz A. Haupt; Greg Henley; Bhargavi Sura; Robert Kirkland; Jason Floyd; Joseph Scheffey; Patricia A. Tatem; Frederick W. Williams; MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV STARKVILLE CENTER FOR ADVANCED VEHICULAR SYSTEMS ERC
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| The collaborative work of Hughes Associates, Inc., the Naval Research Laboratory, and a group at Mississippi State University resulted in development of a simulation system including a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for setting up Fire and Smoke Simulations and for visualization of results. The simulation environment provides a runtime for a third-party Fire and Smoke SIMulator (FSSIM). The user's manual provides documentation of the GUI and detailed discussion of features ... |
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| Magic User's Manual 2006 |
DEC 2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Larry Ludeking; MISSION RESEARCH CORP NEWINGTON VA
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| This is the Help File for the Magic Tool Suite for Windows. It uses the standard Windows Help so it is pretty self-explanatory. You can use the panel to the left to scan through the table of contents. To select a part, chapter, or section click on it. To use the index, click on the index tab and type your search query into the text field. Make a selection from ... |
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| AutoMap User's Guide 2007 |
01-Oct-2006 |
179 pages |
| Authors:
Jana Diesner; Matt DeReno; Kathleen M Carley; Dave Columbus; Nicole Sebula; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA INST OF SOFTWARE RESEARCH INTERNAT
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| AutoMap is software for computer-assisted Network Text Analysis (NTA). NTA encodes the links among words in a text and constructs a network of the linked words. AutoMap subsumes classical Content Analysis by analyzing the existence, frequencies, and covariance of terms and themes. |
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| AutoMap User's Guide |
OCT 2006 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M. Carley; Jana Diesner; Matt De Reno; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA INST OF SOFTWARE RESEARCH INTERNAT
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| AutoMap is software for computer-assisted Network Text Analysis (NTA). NTA encodes the links among words in a text and constructs a network of the linked words. AutoMap subsumes classical Content Analysis by analyzing the existence, frequencies, and covariance of terms and themes. |
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| Department of the Navy Guidance to Documenting Milestones Throughout the Site Closeout Process |
MAR 2006 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Karla Harre; Tanwir Chaundry; NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER PORT HUENEME CA
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| The purpose of this guide is to outline a consistent approach for Navy RPMs to follow in recognizing and documenting specific milestones for achieving site closeout. This guide identifies the particular documents that are needed at appropriate stages of the closeout process to record agreements and concurrence of regulators. This guidance addresses closeout documentation requirements for varied regulatory frameworks - the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the ... |
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| MissileLab User's Guide |
FEB 2006 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Lamar M. Auman; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL
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| A tool has been developed to assist the applied aerodynamicist in the generation of the aerodynamic characteristics of missile configurations. MissileLab provides the ability to enter a single set of vehicle geometry and flight conditions, and then execute as many as six engineering-level aerodynamic prediction engines (APE). The user must have licensed copies of the various aero-prediction engines, as MissileLab simply provides a common geometry front-end to the respective codes. ... |
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| PLOT_FINDIF (User's Guide) |
FEB 2006 |
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| Authors:
S. T. Bolmer; R. A. Stephen; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
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| PLOT_FINDIF is a MATLAB script which is used to plot output from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Time Domain Finite Difference (TDFD) program called "Geoacoustic_TDFD" Both Geoacoustic_TDFD and PLOT_FINDIF are available from the ONR Ocean Acoustics Library This script will plot both the snapshot. and time series output from Geoacoustic_TDPD. To run this script you must have a MATLAB license and the complete suite of 32 m-files contained in ... |
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| Guide for Preparing Technical Information Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center |
JAN 2006 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAB
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| This Guide provides information necessary for authors to prepare and produce technical publications for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). This version of the Guide consolidates processes and procedures used at all ERDC sites. Technical information guidelines are based on ANSI/NISO Z39.18-2005, and the essential mechanics of professional writing, including language use, punctuation, and reference format, are based on The Chicago Manual of Style of Style, 15th ... |
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| A User's Guide to the Technical Training Schoolhouse Model |
Jan-2006 |
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| Authors:
Thomas Manacapilli; Bart Bennett; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Prior RAND research on AETC's management of enlisted training identified a lack of analytic tools to assess changes in the pipeline. That study recommended the development of two models. First, AETC needs a model of an actual schoolhouse system. Second, AETC needs a model of the entire training pipeline, from recruiting to on-the-job training at the operational units. The schoolhouse model grew out of the first recommendation. This document is ... |
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| A Primer and Guide to Modeling for Operators |
31 AUG 2005 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Juris L. Jansons; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Operators rely more and more on models to accomplish their work. Examples of this include the weapons employment zone displays in cockpits, logistics models for deployment, and battle simulations to decide courses of action. They often do not have much exposure to modeling, and the products they are using do not always supply adequate documentation. The first portion of this paper serves as a primer on modeling for operators. It ... |
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| Development of a Dynamic Biomechanical Model for Load Carriage: Phase II Part C&D. User's Manual V 3.0: Dynamic Load Carriage Compliance Tester Automated Test Cell |
AUG 2005 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
S. A. Reid; J. T. Bryant; J. M. Stevenson; QUEEN'S UNIV KINGSTON (ONTARIO) ERGONOMICS RESEARCH GROUP
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| This report represents the User's Manual for the 3D dynamic load carriage simulator and automated test cell. Contained within this report are the hardware and software components in addition to instructions for users to run the system. If the system is ever moved to a new location, this manual must be taken with it for set-up and data acquisition. The changes to the automated programmable motion control system have created ... |
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| Development of a Dynamic Biomechanical Model for Load Carriage: Phase 4, Part C4: User's Manual for the Standardized Protocol of Mapping Skin Contact Pressure Using the Standardized Load Distribution Mannequin |
AUG 2005 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
L. J. Hadcock; QUEEN'S UNIV KINGSTON (ONTARIO) ERGONOMICS RESEARCH GROUP
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| The Dynamic Biomechanical Model (DBM) requires input about pack geometry and the material property response of the load carriage suspension interface to resolve the forces acting on the body. Since there is extensive redundancy in applied forces (i.e., shoulder straps, load lifter straps, hip stabilizer straps and waist belt and skin contact pressure), it is not possible to describe the mechanical characteristics of pack components as combinations of linear and/or ... |
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| Herbal Tutorial |
09 MAY 2005 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Mark A. Cohen; Frank E. Ritter; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UNIVERSITY PARK SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
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| To accommodate this wide range of users, and to promote the use of cognitive systems, it is essential that tools such as high-level languages and development environments are created to allow the modeler to focus more on the problem domain, and less on the nuances of a particular architecture. This tutorial introduces an integrated development environment and high-level behavior representation language called Herbal that represents a step towards creating tools ... |
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| Shock User's Manual Version 1.0 |
APR 2005 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Philip Wager; NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER PORT HUENEME CA
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| SHOCK is a blast load analysis program, which will calculate the impulse and pressure on all or part of a blast surface, which is bounded by 1 to 4 reflecting surfaces. SHOCK will read input from a program data file or a Blast Library Database. The input can also be entered interactively. The required input is the length and width of the blast surface, the number and location of the ... |
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| Open Radio Communications Architecture Core Framework V1.1.0 Volume 1 Software Users Manual |
FEB 2005 |
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| Authors:
Mike Gudaitis; Dave Hallatt; A. Bagdasarova; Mike Yax; L-3 GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC ROME NY
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| This document describes software developed to support the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program. The software implementation includes a Core Framework (CF) and sample applications that are based on the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) v2.2. The software was designed for a desktop computer running the Linux operating system (OS). It was developed in C++, uses ACE/TAO for CORBA middleware, Xerces for the XML parser, and Red Hat Linux for the ... |
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| Requirements Composer: User's Manual |
OCT 2004 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Susan D. Nachtigall; Beth A. Brucker; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Facility Composer is a suite of tools for use by facility planners, designers, and engineers during the initial phases of facility planning and design. In Facility Composer, customer-specific and computable criteria are associated with a growing facility model that continues throughout the life cycle of the facility. Facility Composer's ability to maintain a linkage between criteria and project elements (site, building, story, etc.) is beneficial in that it: (1) helps ... |
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| ORCA User's Manual Glossary |
SEP 2004 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Owen P. Litt; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The Operational Requirements-based Casualty Assessment (ORCA) User's Manual consists of technical, chemical, anatomical, physiological and medical terms. It also consists of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols. This glossary in intended to be used as an aid in providing a convenient source of definitions or brief explanations of the contents. |
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| Availability of a PowerPoint-Based Tutorial on Applying PLOAD for Wetlands Management |
SEP 2004 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Jeff P. Lin; Barbara A. Kleiss; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| This technical note announces the availability of an Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) PowerPoint tutorial titled "Using PLOAD to Estimate Pollutant Loading into Wetlands." This tutorial, used in conjunction with the existing PLOAD user's manual is aimed at instructing wetland planners and regulators in using the PLOAD software as a wetlands management and analysis tool. |
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| Sustainable Project Rating Tool (SPiRiT), Version 1.4.1. Documentation Guide |
SEP 2004 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
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| The Sustainable Project Rating Tool (SPiRiT) was developed by the U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) as a measurement system for rating new and major renovations to institutional buildings. SPiRiT evaluates environmental performance from a whole building perspective over a building's life cycle and provides a definitive standard to assess the sustainability or "green" attributes of the design-construct process for a given project. SPiRiT addresses critical areas ... |
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| Flood Event Assessment Tool (FEAT) User's Manual and Technical Documentation |
JUL 2004 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Jerrell R. Ballard Jr.; Margaret R. Kress; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The Flood Event Assessment Tool (FEAT) is a prototype geospatial modeling tool that uses river and stream gage data, landscape digital elevation models (DEMs), main and secondary; channel centerlines or cross sections to generate a geospatial-based flood surface. The primary objective in developing FEAT was to improve the accuracy and decrease the time and effort required to determine dynamic flood surfaces and provide information for decision-making. This guide provides an ... |
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| Update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide |
JUN 2004 |
167 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph C. Espino; Chong Hunter; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this MBA Project is to provide a comprehensive update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide and to offer a useful tool to both new and experienced contract writers and administrators. The project was conducted with the sponsorship and assistance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. The now out of date guide was originally written in 1996 in an ... |
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| Rock River Geographic Information System: ROCK-GIS (User Manual) |
APR 2004 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Scott A. Tweddale; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Rock River GIS application and geospatial database were developed as a tool to support the Illinois River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study - Restoration Needs Assessment (RNA). Its purpose is to assist in the evaluation of historic existing (primarily) predicted future and desired future conditions of the Illinois River Watershed by providing an extensive geospatial database and customized GIS analytical capabilities. The study area and extent of the associated geospatial ... |
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| CHIEF 2004 Users Manual |
APR 2004 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
G. W. Benthien; D. Barach; S. L. Hobbs; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| This user guide explains how to use the CHIEF2004 computer program. CHIEF2004 is an update of the CHIEF2000 program Benthien, Barach, and Hobbs, 2000. The program was tested on machines running Windows 95/98 , Windows NT, and COMPACT UNIX. The CHIEF program was originally developed in the 1960s to compute the acoustic radiation from an arbitrary shaped radiating body. The program was extensively updated in 1988 and a users manual ... |
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| Novel Computational Approaches Using Biotechnology Information for Chemical Toxicity Prediction |
26 MAR 2004 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Philip Judson; LEEDS UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| This report results from a contract tasking Lhasa Limited as follows. The contractor will investigate techniques to apply computational methodologies and biotechnology database information to predicting the possible toxicity of chemicals. The goal is to combine available information on chemical structures and biotoxicity to predict toxicity of a chemical from its structure. Routes of entry into the body, organs and systems affected, biological half life, modes of inactivation, and dose-response ... |
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| VPV--The Velocity Profile Viewer User Manual |
2004 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
John M. Donovan; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESTON VA
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| The Velocity Profile Viewer (VPV) is a tool for visualizing time series of velocity profiles developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS uses VPV to preview and present measured velocity data from acoustic Doppler current profilers and simulated velocity data from three-dimensional estuarine, river, and lake hydrodynamic models. The data can be viewed as an animated three-dimensional profile or as a stack of time-series graphs that each represents ... |
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| Update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide |
DEC 2003 |
122 pages |
| Authors:
Chad E. Dean; Nathan P. Vosters; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this MBA Project is to provide a comprehensive update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide. The project was conducted with the sponsorship and assistance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition. The now out of date guide was originally written in 1996 in an effort to reduce problem disbursements as related to conflict wording and organization. Extensive research, incorporating ... |
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| Electronic Flight and Technical Manual Design Guidelines |
OCT 2003 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Sarah Swierenga; Jesse Walker; Andrea Snead; Canton Donahoo; Laurie Quill; DAYTON UNIV OH RESEARCH INST
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| The United States military is dedicated to improving processes associated with electronic manuals including generation, dissemination, and utilization of manuals used for reference while working. In this case, electronic manuals refer to both manuals used in flight (electronic flight manuals), and manuals used in support of maintaining aircraft (electronic technical manuals). Among those military organizations working in this area, The United States Air Force (USAF) has been a leader in ... |
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| Developing User Strategies in PVS: A Tutorial |
08 SEP 2003 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Myla Archer; Ben Di Vito; Cesar Munoz; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| This tutorial provides an overview of the PVS strategy language, and explains how to define new PVS strategies and load them into PVS, and how to create a strategy package. It then discusses several useful techniques that can be used in developing user strategies, and provides examples that illustrate many of these techniques. |
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| A User's Guide for Determining the Sources of Contaminants in Sediments |
SEP 2003 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
S. A. Stout; J. M. Leather; W. E. Corl III; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The objective of this document is to produce a guide for Navy Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) that will describe and demonstrate the process by which the Navy can defensibly determine the nature, extent, and source(s) of anthropogenic contamination in sediments near existing or former naval facilities. The document is divided into two sections. Section 1 provides a "step-by-step" description of the investigative process that RPMs can use when considering or ... |
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| Addendum to the Software Users' Manual (Third Edition) for the AV-8B Map System II: Moving-Map Composer Version 3.6 |
29 AUG 2003 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Stephanie A. Myrick; Michael E. Trenchard; Jessica L. Watkins; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV
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| This report is an addendum to the third edition of the Moving-Map Composer (MMC) Users' Manual (NRL/FR/7440-00-10,041). It reflects changes implemented for the latest release of MMC version 3.6, which include: 1) More efficient and automated Aircraft Optical Disk (AOD) recycling enhancements that reduce the number of superdirectories used; 2) Correction of reported problems with the dataframe manager; 3) Correction of reported problems with scanning paper charts. All other MMC ... |
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| AV-8B Map System II: Moving-Map Composer (MMC) Version 3.5, Software User's Manual (Third Edition) |
27 JUN 2003 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Stephaine A. Myrick; Jessica L. Watkins; Maura C. Lohrenz; Michael E. Trenchard; Marlin L. Gendron; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV
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| This report documents the Moving Map Composer (MMC) software system developed by scientists in NRL Code 744O.1. This is the third edition of the MMC User's Manual (the first and second editions are NRL/FR/744l--97-9677 and NRL/ FR/7440--OO-9983, respectively). The third edition reflects changes that were implemented for the latest release (version 3.5) of MMC. The MMC software is resident on the Map-II Station portion of the AV-8B Mission Support System, ... |
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