An Integrated Design Approach for Evaluating the Utility and Cost of a Fleet
Abstract
This work presents a new method for designing and evaluating different fleet paradigms to determine an effective and cost efficient solution. The method requires the user to define a set of functions which must be carried out by the fleet as well as a set of candidate vehicles or systems that can carry out these functions. These function and fleet models are then evaluated to determine their performance. All the data is then fed into a stochastic dynamic fleet operation model to identify the amount of vehicles or systems needed to complete each mission defined on a fixed time horizon. The output of the fleet operation model is then used by cost models to determine the cost of completing each fleet mission. The overall approach is demonstrated on a military fleet composed of two different types of vehicles: a conventional fleet and a fleet composed of modules. The method shows that significant savings can be obtained from using a modular fleet and more work in this area is suggested.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 29, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA615101
Entities
People
- Alparslan E. Bayrak
- Berk Altın
- Bogdan I Epureanu
- Hui Wang
- Jack Hu
- Kira Barton
- Kiran D'souza
- Namwoo Kang
- Panos Papalambros
- Richard Gerth
Organizations
- United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center