Analytical evaluation of UNREP methods using the model BFORM
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Authors
Barnaby, Steven L.
Subjects
method of UNREP
Delivery boy
Service station
BFORM
Delivery boy
Service station
BFORM
Advisors
Hughes, Wayne P. Jr.
Date of Issue
1988-09
Date
September 1988
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis measures the operational cost to the battle group due to refueling, using an Average on Station Time (AST) as the measure of effectiveness. Present day ship characteristics and capabilities are used. three generic battle group formations are examined, each of which looks at both an extended and a close-in formation. The commodity considered is fuel (DFM and JP-5). Variable evaluated include Speed of advance (SOA), UNREP speed, and method of UNREP. Using the results from a model called BFORM, the thesis gives an analytical evaluation of the tradeoffs between two methods of UNREP (delivery boy and service station(. Results show quantitatively the extent of the advantage of the deliver boy method over the service station method. The advantage held for all circumstances investigated. Another major study focus was on AOE idle time. Whenever idle time is greater than 15% over a ten day period the formation can be serviced, no matter how many ships are involved, how wide their separation, or how great the SOA.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Department of Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
64 p.
Citation
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.