Simulation based eesign as an enabler for condition-based-maintenance and total ownership cost reduction for undersea vehicles

摘要

Much has been written on the cost advantages of Conditon-Based-Maintenance (CBM) when compared to a Schedjled Maintenance protocol. This paper presents an argument a necessity for future Navy undersea weapon systems. Navy undersea weapon systems are charaterized by long service lives that are mesured in decades and new systems typically differ radically from those they replace. For these new, technologically advanced systems, the lack of design similitude with prior systems makes robust scheduled maintenance impossible. We propose that the technical foundation and required tools to develop a robust system CBM plan for both new and legacy systems are resident in Simulation Based Design (SBD) environments such as that currently under development within the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Undersea Weapon Design and Optimiation (UWDO) initiative.