System Availability and Maintenance

 Syllabus

 

MODULE DESCRIPTION FORM

DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, OCEAN & MARINE ENGINEERING

 MG 845  SYSTEM AVAILABILITY AND MAINTENANCE

 

 

Module Registrar: Dr Iraklis Lazakis

 Taught To (Course): MEng NA & ME, NA with HPMV, NA with OE and MSc in Marine Engineering

Other Lecturers Involved: N/A

Credit Weighting: 10

Semester: Semester 1

Assumed Prerequisites: None
 Educational Aim
Class Aims:

This module provides an insight into the qualitative and quantitative systems’ reliability techniques as well as maintenance methodologies with particular emphasis to the maritime industry. The course will give students the ability to formulate, solve, report and present a comprehensive maintenance strategy based on the application of reliability and criticality analysis and assessment tools.

The module will also provide students with an insight of the day-to-day operations of ships as well as explore and present features related to ships dry-dockings, inspection, repair and maintenance scheduling, regulatory regime as well as practical case studies on the above.
 Learning Outcomes
The standards set for each criterion per Module Learning Outcome to achieve a pass grade are indicated on the assessment sheet for all assessment.

On completion of the module the student is expected to be able to:

LO1: Understand and apply various reliability software tools, concepts and strategies with application to the maritime/marine industry.

LO2: Be aware of the different maintenance methodologies and their application in the maritime field and carry out maintenance strategy case studies.
 Syllabus
The module will teach the following: 

  • Introduction to reliability and maintenance (definition of reliability, hazard, risk, maintenance, maintainability, criticality, availability, etc)
  • Reliability tools (qualitative and quantitative like FMEA, FMECA, FTA, ETA, BBNs, Markov Analysis, HAZOP, HAZID, etc)
  • Risk and criticality matrices
  • Research and applications in other industrial sectors (e.g. Offshore, nuclear power industry, chemical and petrochemical, manufacturing)
  • Corrective, preventive, predictive, condition based maintenance
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Risk Based Inspection (RBI) methodologies. Condition Monitoring (ConMon) tool, Planned Maintenance Systems PMS, Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
  • Case study/applications regarding machinery and hull structure of ships
  • Regulatory regime (IMO, IACS, OCIMF, etc.)
  • Research and applications in the maritime sector (i.e. FSA, TMSA, KPIs etc.)
  • Preparation for dry-dockings, inspection, maintenance and repairs of ships and offshore structures, quotation lists, etc.
  • Assessment of ship operational case studies
  • Seminars/lectures from invited experts (maintenance/condition monitoring experts, ship managers/operators to give seminars on planned maintenance/dry-docking planning, day-to-day ship operations)
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Criteria

Student learning is judged on the basis of their performance on two assessment methods:

LO1

  • C1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of risk and reliability methodologies as applied in the marine, offshore and other industrial sectors.

LO2

  • C1 Demonstrate knowledge of maintenance methodologies and their application by carrying out representative numerical problems, where students should demonstrate their criticality and appreciation of the concepts involved.
  • C2 Demonstrate the ability to formulate, solve, report and present a comprehensive maintenance strategy case study in an area of interest.

 

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