Naval Ship Preliminary Arrangements for Operability and Reduced Vulnerability

dc.contributor.authorStevens, Andrew Patricken
dc.contributor.committeechairBrown, Alan J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSajdak, John Anthonyen
dc.contributor.committeememberNeu, Wayne L.en
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-04T06:00:14Zen
dc.date.available2018-05-04T06:00:14Zen
dc.date.issued2016-11-09en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents a process and tool that generates representative preliminary ship models and arrangements for use in vulnerability analysis in the Concept and Requirements Exploration (CandRE) process used at Virginia Tech. CandRE uses a Multi-Objective Genetic Optimization (MOGO) to explore the design space for non-dominated ship design solutions based on design effectiveness, risk, and cost. Vulnerability is assessed as part of the CandRE using a Preliminary Arrangements and Vulnerability (PAandV) model. Representative ship arrangements for specified combinations of ship system options are created based on operability needs, ship mission needs, and improved vulnerability. These are then analyzed for vulnerability and are used to calculate a representative Overall Measure of Vulnerability (OMOV) which is used to calculate the Overall Measure of Effectiveness (OMOE) in the MOGO.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralThis thesis presents a process and tool for ship vulnerability analysis in early stage ship design. Vulnerability is defined as the probability of ship kill after taking damage from a weapon. The vulnerability is assessed on representative ships that are generated based on the systems required for the ship missions. The analysis results are used in the design process to compare different ship designs based on their effectiveness, risk, and cost. This thesis creates the representative ship arrangements based on expert opinion, ship characteristics, and a location damage analysis. This process considers the vulnerability of a design in calculating the effectiveness of the design to incorporate vulnerability early in the design process.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:9132en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/82975en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNavalen
dc.subjectshipen
dc.subjectarrangementsen
dc.subjectvulnerabilityen
dc.titleNaval Ship Preliminary Arrangements for Operability and Reduced Vulnerabilityen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineOcean Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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