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dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Minguela, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorNava, Vincenzo
dc.contributor.authorHodges, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorBlanco, Jesús M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-22T10:40:58Z
dc.date.available2020-10-22T10:40:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-20
dc.identifier.citationRuiz-Minguela, Pablo, Vincenzo Nava, Jonathan Hodges, and Jesús M. Blanco. “Review of Systems Engineering (SE) Methods and Their Application to Wave Energy Technology Development.” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 10 (October 20, 2020): 823. doi:10.3390/jmse8100823en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11556/1006
dc.description.abstractThe design of effective and economically viable wave energy devices involves complex decision-making about the product based on conceptual design information, including stakeholder requirements, functions, components and technical parameters. The great diversity of concepts makes it extremely difficult to create fair comparisons of the relative merits of the many different designs. Conventional design approaches have proved insufficient to guarantee wave energy technologies meet their technical and economic goals. Systems engineering can provide a suitable framework to overcome the obstacles towards a successful wave energy technology. The main objective of this work is to review the well-established systems engineering approaches that have been successfully implemented in complex engineering problems and to what extent they have been applied to wave energy technology development. The paper first reviews how system information can be organised in different design domains to guide the synthesis and analysis activities and the definition of requirements and metrics, as well as the search for solutions and decision-making. Then, an exhaustive literature review on the application of systems engineering approaches to wave energy development is presented per design domain. Finally, a set of conclusions is drawn, along with some suggestions for improving the effectiveness of wave energy technology development.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAuthors would like to thank the Basque Government through the research groups IT1314‐19 and GIU19/276 and the Scottish Government for the support of Wave Energy Scotland.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)en
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleReview of Systems Engineering (SE) Methods and Their Application to Wave Energy Technology Developmenten
dc.typejournal articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/jmse8100823en
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.subject.keywordsConcept designen
dc.subject.keywordsdesign domainsen
dc.subject.keywordsdecision-makingen
dc.subject.keywordsmatrix-based design methodsen
dc.subject.keywordsmetricsen
dc.subject.keywordsrequirementsen
dc.subject.keywordsstakeholdersen
dc.subject.keywordssustainable developmenten
dc.subject.keywordssystems engineeringen
dc.subject.keywordswave energyen
dc.identifier.essn2077-1312en
dc.issue.number10en
dc.journal.titleJournal of Marine Science and Engineeringen
dc.page.initial823en
dc.volume.number8en


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