Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Design for Modularity

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
A Holistic Approach to Ship Design

Abstract

Design for modularity refers to decisions taken at the design stage of the ship lifecycle, addressing how we can decompose and encapsulate ship system elements to both improve design and manufacturing process efficiency and ship operational performance. At the design stage, modularity can concurrently support both standardization and diversification using a product platform strategy and thus lay the foundation for a configuration-based design process. In the production phase, modularity is relevant in supply chain design, modular production, early outfitting and outsourcing. In the operation phase, modularity implies flexibility, providing opportunities for adapting the vessels to changing markets, technologies, regulations and customer needs.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Andreassen T (2005) Module-based and parametric configuration and engineering. Web-IT Maritime, Ålesund, Norway

    Google Scholar 

  • Andrews DJ (2003) A creative approach to ship architecture. Int J Marit Eng 145:229–252

    Google Scholar 

  • Andrews D (2011) Marine requirements elucidation and the nature of preliminary ship design. Int J Marit Eng (RINA Trans Part A) 153 (Jan–Mar 2011)

    Google Scholar 

  • AOC (2018) Opens systems architecture. http://www.aocinc.net/capabilities/open-systems-architecture

  • Brathaug T, Holan JO, Erikstad SO (2008) Representing design knowledge in configuration-based ship design. In: COMPIT 2008—7th international conference on computer and IT applications in maritime industries, Liege, Belgium

    Google Scholar 

  • Choi M, Erikstad SO, Chung H (2018) Operation platform design for modular adaptable ships: towards the configure-to-order strategy. Ocean Eng 163:85–93

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Daniels AS, Parsons MG (2007) Development of a hybrid agent-genetic algorithm approach to general arrangements. In: COMPIT 2007, Italy

    Google Scholar 

  • Doerry N (2016) Framework for analyzing modular, adaptable, and flexible surface combatants, ASNE Day

    Google Scholar 

  • Droste K, Kana A, Hopman H (2018) Process-based analysis of arrangement aspects for configuration-driven ships. In: IMDC18—International marine design conference, Helsinki, Finland

    Google Scholar 

  • Erichsen S (1989) Design of marine transport. Marinteknisk senter, NTNU

    Google Scholar 

  • Ericsson A, Erixon G (1999) Controlling design variants: modular product platforms. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan

    Google Scholar 

  • Erikstad SO (2009) Modularisation in shipbuilding and modular production. In: IGLO-MP 2020 working paper, Marintek, Trondheim, Norway

    Google Scholar 

  • Erikstad SO, Levander K (2012) System based design of offshore support vessels. In: IMDC12—The 11th international marine design conference, Glasgow, Scotland

    Google Scholar 

  • Erikstad SO, Rehn CF (2015) Handling uncertainty in marine systems design—state-of-the-art and need for research. In: IMDC 2015—12th international marine design conference, Tokyo, Japan, pp 324–342

    Google Scholar 

  • Fixson S, Ro Y, Liker J (2005) Modularisation and outsourcing: who drives whom? Int J Automot Technol Manage 5(2):166–184

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gaspar H, Rhodes D, Ross AM, Erikstad SO (2012) Addressing complexity aspects in conceptual ship design—a systems engineering approach. J Ship Prod Des 28(4):1–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hölttä-Otto K, de Weck O (2007) Degree of modularity in engineering systems and products with technical and business constraints. Concurrent Eng 15(2):113–126

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jogeva M (2014) Modularisation of passenger ship hotel areas. M.Sc., Aalto University

    Google Scholar 

  • Jolliff JV (1974) Modular ship design concepts. Naval Eng J 86(5):11–32

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marintek (1998) Innkjøp i salgsfasen, sluttrapport (“Procurement in the Sales Phase, final report”), MARINTEK

    Google Scholar 

  • Papanikolaou A (2010) Holistic ship design optimization. Comput Aided Des 42(11):1028–1044

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rehn CF (2018) Ship design under uncertainty. Ph.D., NTNU

    Google Scholar 

  • Rehn CF, Erikstad SO (2018) Versatility vs. retrofittability tradeoff in design of non-transport vessels. Ocean Eng 167:229–238

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Salvador F, Forza C, Rungtusanatham M (2002) Modularity, product variety, production volume, and component sourcing: theorizing beyond generic prescriptions. J Oper Manag 20(5):549–575

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schank JF, Savitz S, Munson K, Perkinson B, McGee J, Sollinger JM (2016) Designing adaptable ships—modularity and flexibility in future ship design. Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Schilling MA (2000) Towards a general modular systems theory and its application to interfirm product modularity. Acad Manag Rev 25(2):312–334

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simon HA (1962) The architecture of complexity. Proc Am Philos Soc 106(6):467–482

    Google Scholar 

  • Simpson TW (2003) Product platform design and customization: status and promise. In: ASME design engineering technical conferences—design automation conference. K. Shimada, Chicago, IL

    Google Scholar 

  • Sortland S (2001) IT and Net-based solutions in product configuration and sales. Web-IT Maritime, Ålesund, Norway

    Google Scholar 

  • Suh NP (1990) The principles of design. Oxford University Press, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulrich KT (2008) Product design and development. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Boston

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulrich K, Tung K (1991) Fundamentals of product modularity. In: ASME winter annual meeting symposium on design and manufacturing integration, Atlanta, GA

    Google Scholar 

  • van Oers B (2011) A packing approach for the early stage design of service vessels. Ph.D., TU Delft

    Google Scholar 

  • van Oers B, Stapersma D, Hopman H (2007) Development and implementation of an optimisation-based space allocation routine for the generation of feasible concept designs. In: COMPIT 2007, Italy, pp 171–185

    Google Scholar 

  • Vestbøstad Ø (2011) System Based Ship Design for offshore vessels. M.Sc., NTNU

    Google Scholar 

  • Wuuren W, Halman JIM (2001) Platform-driven development of product families: linking theory with practice. In: The future of innovation studies conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Stein Ove Erikstad

Authors
  1. Stein Ove Erikstad
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Stein Ove Erikstad .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Apostolos Papanikolaou

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Erikstad, S.O. (2019). Design for Modularity. In: Papanikolaou, A. (eds) A Holistic Approach to Ship Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02810-7_10

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02810-7_10

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-02809-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-02810-7

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation