A System-of-Systems Approach to the Strategic Feasibility of Modular Vehicle Fleets
| Autor: | Edward Umpfenbach, Heng Kuang, Jong Min Park, Erik Anderson, Alparslan Emrah Bayrak, Bogdan I. Epureanu, Jack Hu, Panos Y. Papalambros, Xingyu Li, David Gorsich, M. Mert Egilmez |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
System of systems
Modularity (networks) business.industry Computer science Value proposition Automotive industry ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS Modular design Maintenance engineering Computer Science Applications Human-Computer Interaction Technical feasibility Control and Systems Engineering Systems engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Business case business Software |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. 50:2716-2728 |
| ISSN: | 2168-2232 2168-2216 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tsmc.2018.2827387 |
| Popis: | The value proposition for ground vehicle modularity in the U.S. Army and other services has been a topic of continuing debate. Studies to date have largely focused on individual system elements such as manufacturing or maintenance, lacking a holistic perspective of the implications of modularity for the entire fleet operation and life-cycle. The U.S. Army Science and Technology community has demonstrated the technical feasibility of large-scale, transformative ground vehicle modularity, but the business case for modularity remains incomplete. There are multiple criteria tradeoffs between modular and mission-specific (conventional) vehicle platforms, such as total life-cycle cost, mission utility, personnel requirements, and fleet adaptability. This paper presents a system-of-systems framework to address these tradeoffs to support high-level decisions on the strategic feasibility of ground vehicle modularity. We demonstrate this framework with a notional example and an application to the Joint Tactical Transport System (JTTS), a U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center demonstrator program. Under certain modeling assumptions with regards to the operation of a modular fleet, results for the JTTS study indicate that modularity can lead to significant cost savings at the expense of increased personnel requirements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|