This paper describes a Mission, Power, and Energy System (MPES) Architecture Flow
Optimization (AFO) method and tool refinement applied in the Concept and Requirements …

The survivability of a naval ship is defined as its ability to evade or withstand a hostile
environment while performing a given mission. Stealth technology, which reduces the …

Traditionally, vulnerability assessments for naval ships have relied on empirical calculations
to estimate the extent of damage without taking into account the structural capacity of the …

Vulnerability reduction measures are taken during the early stage distributed ship system
design process to ensure the availability of the required systems in a damaged state …

This paper proposes and demonstrates a framework and surface ship operational
architecture for assessing ship system designs using a Design Reference Mission (DRM) in …

Due to the increasing complexity and size of ships, fine mesh finite element analysis (FEA) is
no longer practical for large ships' early design phases due to its high computational and …

A well-balanced naval ship design to enhance the survivability from the initial design stage
in parallel with other designs focusing on the major function and its inherent mission is …

Vulnerability is a crucial facet of a naval ship's operational capability in a hostile
environment. Naval combatants are among the most complex and densely packed …

The multiple functions of large-scale surface warship systems involve the main system,
subsystems and important components with complex logical relationships, and some …

Emergent design failures are ubiquitous in complex systems, and often arise when system
elements cluster. Approaches to systematically reduce clustering could improve a design's …