Feasibility Study for a Diesel Engine Condition Monitoring System for 1179 Class LSTs.

Abstract

A study of the maintenance costs and practices on the LST 1179 class ship has been made to determine if a propulsion diagnostic system would result in cost savings to the Navy or other advantages. In the course of this study, a determination of the current propulsion system malfunctions was made and a listing prepared of the necessary sensor measures to detect these malfunctions. Based upon this information, a diagnostic system was proposed and costed. For the LST 1179 ships a simple data system, which measures the trend analysis parameters (plus critical malfunctions), was found to be cost effective. Its cost would be approximately $25,000 per ship per year.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 30, 1975
Accession Number
ADA016782

Entities

People

  • D. Dominy
  • H. C. Burnett
  • H. Hegner
  • J. Frarey
  • Mary Peterson

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Diesel Engines
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Engineering
  • Engines
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Malfunctions
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Monitoring
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.