Ship Survivability Design, LFT&E, M&S Analysis, Ship Casualty Investigations

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Ship Survivability

Shipboard Electrical Systems

Shipboard Mechanical Systems

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SHIP SURVIVABILITY

ROI Consulting's experts have been involved in ship survivability design, testing and analysis for over 20 years. Members of ROI Consulting have expertise in a broad range of ship survivability issues, including :

Ship Casualty Investigation

ROI Consulting members have extensive experience in Naval ship threat engagements, hit point determination, weapon effects, shipboard systems, and Navy operational procedures.

Our expertise has been called on many times to support US Navy investigations into shipboard casualties, and the resulting development of product and process enhancements.

Members of ROI Consulting have supported assessments of the USS STARK firefighting enhancement evaluation, Ex-USS CARON Weapon Effect Test Sinking, and USS COLE damage assessment.

As a service to the Navy, ROI Consulting has developed a Lessons Learned Database, which contains an overview of findings and recommendations developed from multiple actual casualties, ship survivability testing, and survivability analyses.

We provide the Navy with the knowledge, understanding and expertise needed to perform ship casualty investigations in a manner that enhances the Navy’s ability to fight and come home safely.

Live Fire Test & Evaluation

Members of ROI Consulting have supported Navy ship LFT&E programs from the inception of the legislative application to Navy ships, in 1993. ROI Consulting's members were core participants of the first Naval ship LFT&E program (DDG 51 Class), and continue to design LFT&E programs to suit the needs of our many Program Office sponsors.

We have been instrumental in the development and custom application of all core ship LFT&E facets, including Modeling & Simulation, Weapon Effect Testing, Damage Scenario Based Engineering Analysis, Lesson Learned Design Comparisons, Total Ship Survivability Trials, Shock Trials, etc. Key ROI Consulting efforts include: development of DDG & DD(X) LFT&E program, verification, validation, and comparison of ship survivability computer models; conduct of Ex-USS RALEIGH/Ex-USS CARON/Ex-USS PETERSON M&S validation weapon effect test, etc.

Our experience in LFT&E, combined with our expertise in actual Ship Casualty Investigations and System Survivability Design, make ROI Consulting the ideal choice for Navy ship LFT&E program development and conduct.

System Design for Survivability

Members of ROI Consulting have participated in many projects dedicated to development, evaluation and testing of survivable ship systems. Our expertise covers the gambit of ship systems, including electrical, cooling, and damage control systems.

We specialize in identification of cost-effective methods for implementation and enhancement of survivable ship systems, ranging from development of quick start procedures (to expedite reconfiguration), to weapon-based determination of equipment stand off requirements (to ensure primary and alternate equipment cannot be damaged by the same threats).

Members of ROI Consulting have performed several high profile system design survivability efforts for the US Navy, including: USS COLE Lessons Learned assessment, Autonomic Fire Suppression System Weapon Effect testing, Integrated Power System survivability assessment, chairmanship of the Chilled Water Survivability Working Group, development of the automated system alignment and reconfiguration programs, etc.

Our expertise in system design for survivability, together with our experience in Ship Casualty Investigation and Live Fire Test & Evaluation , make ROI Consulting the ideal choice for Naval ship system survivability design tasking.

Survivability Analysis Tools (M&S)

Engineering assessment of battle damage scenarios are manpower intensive. This drastically restricts the number of realistic scenarios that can be evaluated for each ship class, and delays performance of the analysis until after the ship systems are already well defined (after installation on the first ship).

This is unfortunate, because the overwhelming majority of findings from survivability evaluations concentrate on system improvements (design and procedures). Delays in finding these survivability enhancements make them very difficult and costly to implement.

Members of ROI Consulting have participated in the design, development and enhancement of many Modeling & Simulation tools now being used by the Navy, including: ASCM Cruise Missiles, Coupled Thermodynamic and Hydrodynamic Code, DYNA, Dynamic Systems Mechanical Advanced Simulation, Hull Whipping Model, Naval Mine Warfare Simulation, Radar Target Signature, ShipIR, Advanced Survivability Assessment Program, Integrated Recoverability Model, Total Mine Simulation System, Underwater Shock Analysis model, Mega Recoverability Model, etc.

Our familiarity with these M&S tools and expertise in verification, validation and accreditation makes ROI Consulting the ideal choice for sponsors looking to select, develop or enhance Naval ship survivability analysis tools.