DIESEL ENGINE RELIABILITY/DURABILITY ALGORITHM/METHODOLOGY

THE OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I IS TO DEVELOP A SPECIAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS ALGORITHM FOR DIESEL ENGINES THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE COMPLEX FACTORS AND SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED IN MILITARY APPLICATIONS. A RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY (RAM) MONTE CARLO SIMULATION APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO BE INTEGRATED WITH EXISTING FAULT TREE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE FOR EFFICIENT PREDICTION OF DIESEL ENGINE SYSTEM-SPECIFIC RAM CHARACTERISTICS. BY DELEGATING THE DETAILED RELIABILITY MODELING TO FAULT TREE PROGRAMS, THE RAM SIMULATION CODE CAN BE STREAMLINED, MAKING IT ECONOMICAL FOR STUDYING RAM POLICY DECISIONS WHILE MAINTAINING MODEL SENSITIVITY TO ALL SIGNIFICANT RELIABILITY FACTORS. THE PECULIAR COMPLEX INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A DIESEL ENGINE WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE PROPOSED APPROACH.