CLEAN EUROPEAN RAIL-DIESEL : Application Characterization (Mission Profile, SBS)

The scope of this document is to provide the characterization of the Mission Profile of the different types of vehicles considered in CleanER-D and the Set Up of Configuration Management. In general, RAM, Maintenance and LCC Models are heavily affected by the conditions of use and operation of the system they refer to. Such conditions represent the so called Mission Profile of the system and are composed of: ? Environmental Conditions (e.g. climatic, mechanical, electrical); ? Operating Conditions (e.g. duty cycles); ? Maintenance Conditions (e.g. periodical inspections). The mission profile sets up the external constraints to be considered to be able to perform effective and meaningful RAM, Maintenance and LCC analyses devoted to set up Requirements, to demonstrate their achievement and to evaluate performance of a system. In the specific case, the typical Mission Profile for all the different types of vehicles dealt with in the project will be characterised to the purpose of building consistent RAM, Maintenance and LCC Models (DMU, Light Loco, Heavy Haul Loco, Shunter).