Abstract
A number of large integrated projects have been funded by the European Commission within both FP5 and FP6 that have aimed to develop distributed design solutions within the shipbuilding industry. VRShips-ROPAX was funded within FP5 and aimed to develop a platform to support distributed through-life design of a ROPAX (roll-on passenger) ferry. VIRTUE is an FP6 funded project that aims to integrate distributed virtual basins within a platform that allows a holistic Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of a ship to be undertaken. Finally, SAFEDOR is also an FP6 funded project that allows designers to perform distributed Risk-Based Design (RBD) and simulation of different types of vessels. The projects have a number of commonalities: the designers are either organisationally or geographically distributed; a large amount of the design and analysis work requires the use of computers, and the designers are expected to collaborate - sharing design tasks and data. In each case a Virtual Integration Platform (VIP) has been developed, building on and sharing ideas between the projects with the aim of providing collaborative support for distributed design. In each of these projects the University of Strathclyde has been primarily responsible for the development of the associated VIP. This paper describes each project in terms of their differing collaborative support requirements, and discusses the associated VIP in terms of the manner that collaborative support has been provided.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2008 |
| Event | Realising Network Enabled Capability 2008 - Oulton Hall Hotel, Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Oct 2008 → 14 Oct 2008 http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/NEC/RNEC08/Welcome.html |
Conference
| Conference | Realising Network Enabled Capability 2008 |
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| Abbreviated title | RNEC'08 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Leeds |
| Period | 13/10/08 → 14/10/08 |
| Other | Network Enabled Capability (NEC) is at the heart of defence transformation for the UK and many other nations. Its realisation demands the armed forces work in new ways, and that government and industry adopt new approaches to the design, acquisition, and management of the systems that support military capability. This conference will focus on the systems engineering and ‘systems of systems engineering’ that is crucial to NEC success. |
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Keywords
- collaborative support
- collaborative decision-making
- design engineering
- engineering design