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Oscillatory regimes of the thermomagnetic instability in superconducting films
(2016)
The stability of superconducting films with respect to oscillatory precursor modes for thermomagnetic avalanches is investigated theoretically. The results for the onset threshold show that previous treatments of nonoscillatory ...
Investment cost escalation – an overview of the literature and revised estimates
(2016)
This article presents an overview of literature and previous estimates of defence specific investment cost escalation (ICE). ICE, the cost increase between two generations of a weapon system, can place a heavy strain on ...
Plasma Cytokine Profiles in Long-Term Strenuous Exercise
(2016)
The open window theory indicates altered immunity 3 to 72 hours after exercise. The J-curve describes the risk of illness in response to exercise. The aim of this study was to examine the secretion of proinflammatory and ...
Russian Rearmament: An Assessment of Defense-Industrial Performance
(2016)
This article addresses two related questions associated with Russia’s rearmament program (GPV-
2020). First, it examines how the Russian defense industry has performed in the first five years of
the rearmament program, ...
Integral Line-of-Sight Guidance of Underwater Vehicles Without Neutral Buoyancy
(2016)
This paper analyzes an integral line-of-sight guidance law applied to an underac-tuated underwater vehicle. The vehicle is rigorously modeled in 5 degrees of freedom using physical principles, and it is taken into account ...
Emerging technology concepts and defence planning in the Nordic countries
(2016-02-01)
This report communicates results from on-going studies of technology trends and their potential consequences
for capability-based defence planning in the Nordic countries. The work is built on the analysis of the
NordTech ...
Efficiency and productivity in the operational units of the armed forces: A Norwegian example
(2016)
Most nations spend a considerable part of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. However, no previous study has addressed productivity and efficiency in the core area of the armed forces, operational units, using ...
Biological significance of sperm whale responses to sonar: Comparison with anti-predator responses
(2016)
A key issue when investigating effects of anthropogenic noise on cetacean behavior is to identify the biological significance of the responses. Predator presence can be considered a natural high-level disturbance stimulus ...
FFI – The Norwegian Research Centre on CBRNE Protection
(Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, 2016-04)
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) is the national research centre on protection against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosi-ves threats (CBRNE).
Study of thermal instability of HMX crystalline polymorphs with and without molecular vacancies using reactive force field molecular dynamics
(2016)
The sensitivity of energetic materials can be identified by heat, friction, impact, shock, electrostatic charge, etc. A complexity of various factors may influence the sensitivity and among them are the crystal structure ...