DEREL: A Diesel Engine Reliability Database for the U.S. Coast Guard

This report will address the problem of creating a computer database to collect engine failure data for the USCG. A review of several current shipboard reliability databases will be conducted along with a look at modern developments in this area. The objective of this review is to build a knowledge...

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Main Authors Moore, N.A, Perakis, A.N
Format Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Michigan 01.05.1998
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Engineering
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
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Summary:This report will address the problem of creating a computer database to collect engine failure data for the USCG. A review of several current shipboard reliability databases will be conducted along with a look at modern developments in this area. The objective of this review is to build a knowledge base of current practices in marine reliability data. This knowledge will be used to benefit the creation of a fully functional USCG prototype database using Microsoft Access 95 software called DEREL (Diesel Engine RELiabi1ity database). The DEREL database will be implementable immediately in order to speed the initiation of data collection for future uses. The report concludes with a discussion of issues relevant to the implementation of the DEREL in the U.S. Coast Guard naval engineering system.