Masters Theses
Keywords and Phrases
Fog oil; Vehicle engine exhaust smoke system (VEESS)
Abstract
"Army has used smoke to confuse and deceive their enemies throughout history. We can find indications of smoke operations from as early as 2000 B.C [l].Modern chemical warfare was born in the trenches of World War I. The concept of screening smoke was introduced at this point. Screening smoke is delivered in areas between friendly and enemy forces or in friendly operational area to degrade enemy ground or aerial observation. A number of dedicated smoke generation systems have been used. The recent emphasis toward rapid deployment forces has created a need for rapid smoke deployment of protective or decoy smoke at individual vehicle level. Such systems can be built by taking advantage of the energy escaping through the engine exhaust and are known as Vehicle Engine Exhaust Smoke System (VEESS).
The research repo1ied in this thesis was directed at design and development of a VEESS which can be retrofitted into different size vehicles. In addition, the use of a single liquid (methyl soyate) as the vehicle fuel and obscurant material for VEESS was also evaluated. The system was designed with flexibility in mind to meet the requirements mandated by varied engine layouts and outputs. The overall objective was to develop a simple, cost effective and safe system, which can be operated under varied environments. The prototypes were retrofitted into three vehicles, an 8x8 amphibious vehicle with a 75HP multi fuel engine [6], a HUMVEE with a 170 HP diesel engine [ 19] and a 2.5-ton truck with 134 HP diesel engines [16]. The system is low cost, easy to assemble and can be readily retrofitted in different vehicles. Tests carried at Ft Leonard Wood, MO showed that the prototype VEESS produced smoke satisfactorily with all 3 vehicles"-- Abstract, p. iii
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Advisor(s)
Flanigan, V. J.
Committee Member(s)
Chandrashekhara, K.
Kapila, Shubhender
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Fall 2004
Pagination
x, 60 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-59)
Rights
© 2004 Saurav Paul, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Smoke screens -- Design and constructionSoy oil -- Research
Thesis Number
T 8656
Print OCLC #
62261673
Recommended Citation
Paul, Saurav, "Design, fabrication and installation of vehicle engine exhaust smoke system" (2004). Masters Theses. 3633.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3633
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