Date of Graduation

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MS

Committee Chair

R. S. Ahluwalia

Abstract

This project developed a software tool and associated databases to show information on ships available for cutting, the ship name, type, year built, UIC number, ship status, light ship displacement, length, beam, changes made, dead weight, number of propellers, propulsion type, dismantling site and vessel site of the ship(s). Information on the previously dismantled vessels is also kept. The Database for Dismantling of Obsolete VEssels (DOVE) also provides total towing cost for a selected ship based on the total tow distance, the light ship displacement of the ship, the unit tow cost/mile-ton and the tow preparation cost. A cutting technology database was developed and populated to provide information about the various cutting technologies, decontamination technologies, advanced cutting technologies, advanced decontamination technologies and waste processing methodologies. The metals and the alloys database was integrated to the DOVE system. The metals and the alloys database is designed to generate information about the metals and their alloys that are present in a particular ship selected by the user. The user can view various material properties like the physical properties, thermal properties, mechanical properties or electrical properties. The DOVE software also provides links to all the regulations by the OSHA and the EPA regarding the hazardous chemicals. A decision support system has been developed in Visual Basic 6.0 to provide a common platform for the obsolete vessels database, the metals/alloys database and the cutting technology database. These databases have been developed in Microsoft Access

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