Similarity, Modularity, and Commonality Analysis of Navigation Locks in the Netherlands
Publication: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 25, Issue 1
Abstract
In the coming decades, Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the executive branch of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, has to replace or thoroughly renovate more than fifty navigation locks. Given the substantial number of locks that needs to be renewed in a relatively short time frame, Rijkswaterstaat is exploring the development of a lock family platform from which future locks can be designed and realized. This study aims to find basic lock component modules, optional lock component modules, and their interfaces, together shaping the platform. Its aim is to identify modules and components that are candidates for standardization. For this purpose, 127 locks in the Netherlands are analyzed using a similarity matrix to find lock variants. Dependency structure matrices (DSM) are built to find commonalities among the variants. By projecting impact scores upon the DSM, component modules are sought that are candidates for (partial) standardization. The results provide clear insight in how to design the lock family platform.
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Acknowledgments
We thank Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, for generously providing funding for this research. We thank Erik-Jan Houwing, Maria Angenent and Robert de Roos for their feedback and support for this work. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments that have improved this paper.
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Received: Sep 29, 2017
Accepted: Aug 20, 2018
Published online: Dec 14, 2018
Published in print: Mar 1, 2019
Discussion open until: May 14, 2019
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