Bart Kemper

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What kinds of things would be more important to do with manned submersibles than remotely operated or autonomous submersibles?

Bringing people below the ocean surface is the stuff of fiction and movies. It also has inherent risks and costs compared to using robotic methods. What would drive increasing manned underwater...

13 June 2019 4,105 1 View

What are the most effective modes for energy absorption for movable vehicle arresting barriers?

Many vehicle barriers use things like water containment to slow and stop vehicles. Those barriers do not move like a swing gate, sliding gate, or rotating gate. What are some of the effective...

15 May 2019 8,332 2 View

Does anyone have data on the grown of privately owned submersibles?

While the number of research boats is fairly well documented and slow to grow, there are now companies producing a variety of submersibles for private ownership. Does anyone have an idea what...

30 April 2019 9,514 0 View

What is the relationship between blast, granular materials, energy aborption, and displacement of mass?

I'm trying to work out how much soils in systems like HESCOs respond to blast and absorb energy. Going with this, I'm also trying to estimate how much energy will result in breaching the...

22 April 2019 9,539 1 View

How does accountability impact ethical outcomes?

There are those whom argue ethics cannot be taught and issues like licensure, signatures, and other "blame line" methods of accountability are meaningless as an ethical person will do the same no...

01 January 1970 7,464 3 View

What are some of the industry-standard methods for modeling blast effects in rock structures.

I have a strong background in force protection and anti-terrorism applications of blast modeling and blast effects predictions, to include using CFD and FEA as well as programs like CONWEP. What...

01 January 1970 2,049 3 View