Trade-Off Study for Materials and Fabrication Processes for Advanced High Performance Ship Applications. Volume I.

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to: Identify the mission and system criteria for major structural systems for advanced ships; establish guidelines for the selection of materials and processes for high performance ships; conduct trade studies of candidate materials and fabrication processes to evaluate their cost effectiveness and practicality; and, make recommendations for future effort required to fill data voids identified by this study and a plan to accomplish that work. The output of the study includes (1) a list of mission and system criteria that need to be identified prior to the material/fabrication concept selection, (2) a set of guidelines for the selection of material/fabrication concepts applicable to specific mission, system and design criteria, (3) a collection of applicable material and process data, (4) procedures for establishing a fabricability index and a cost index for materials, (5) three trade studies on representative structures, and (6) recommendations for future work. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0775330

Entities

People

  • Thomas J. Bosworth

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Design Criteria
  • Fabrication
  • Materials

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design