Life cycle cost modelling as an aircraft design support tool
Life cycle cost modelling as an aircraft design support tool
This article summarizes the work that has been carried out as part of the FLAVIIR project, a 5-year research programme looking at technologies for future unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). This is a UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded project sponsored by BAE systems.
A framework to estimate the life cycle cost of UAVs is presented. The acquisition costs are estimated using a hierarchical structure and a discrete simulation model is used to estimate the maintenance and operation costs.
The architecture to estimate the life cycle cost and the associated models are described. A framework is presented in which the cost models developed can be integrated into the design process to facilitate the comparison between different configurations. It is then demonstrated how this framework can be used to perform trade-off analysis and cost-based optimization.
life cycle cost, cost modelling
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Thokala, Praveen
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Scanlan, J.P.
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Chipperfield, A.J.
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April 2010
Thokala, Praveen
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Scanlan, J.P.
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Chipperfield, A.J.
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Thokala, Praveen, Scanlan, J.P. and Chipperfield, A.J.
(2010)
Life cycle cost modelling as an aircraft design support tool.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224 (4), .
(doi:10.1243/09544100JAERO574).
Abstract
This article summarizes the work that has been carried out as part of the FLAVIIR project, a 5-year research programme looking at technologies for future unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). This is a UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded project sponsored by BAE systems.
A framework to estimate the life cycle cost of UAVs is presented. The acquisition costs are estimated using a hierarchical structure and a discrete simulation model is used to estimate the maintenance and operation costs.
The architecture to estimate the life cycle cost and the associated models are described. A framework is presented in which the cost models developed can be integrated into the design process to facilitate the comparison between different configurations. It is then demonstrated how this framework can be used to perform trade-off analysis and cost-based optimization.
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Submitted date: September 2008
Accepted/In Press date: September 2008
Published date: April 2010
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life cycle cost, cost modelling
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/150013
ISSN: 2041-3025
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