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TS500-AU-SPN-010 (R-1) USN GEN. SPEC4DESIGN,CONSTRUCT. OF DIVG/HYP. EQUIP.CH1
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U.S. Navy diving and manned hyperbaric systems include WHAT? | all surface-supplied diving systems, saturation diving systems, manned recompression chamber systems, diving bells, and handling systems used for maneuvering diving systems or personnel during manned operations. |
When a body is accelerated in a fluid, it behaves as though its mass is greater than it actually is due to the effect of the surrounding fluid. WHAT IS THIS? | Added Mass Effect--mass of water particles surrounding an object immersed in water that is accelerated with the object as the object is accelerated through the water. |
currently approved documentation describing a configuration item’s functional, interoperability, and interface requirements and the verification required to demonstrate the achievement of those specified characteristics. | allocated baseline-- is controlled by the Designer and is established after the preliminary design review. |
What is ancillary equipment? | Any equipment providing services to a hyperbaric chamber or diving system--compressors, booster/transfer pumps, hot water heater, water conditioning, atmosphere heating and cooling, electrical power supply, hydraulic power supply, breathing gas supplies. |
Appurtenance | An accessory structure directly affecting the integrity of the pressure vessel. Major categories of appurtenances include viewports, doors, hatches, closures, penetrations, and piping. |
Collapse Pressure. | lowest pressure at which any one of a series of nominally identical hull structures would collapse. PART |
Configuration Item (CI). | an aggregation of hardware and/or software that satisfies an end use function and is designated by the Government for separate configuration management |
Critical Design Review (CDR). | determines if the system design documentation (product baseline including detail, material, and process specifications) is satisfactory to start initial manufacturing (i.e., the design meets all technical and safety requirements). |
Designer. | An individual, partnership, company, corporation, association, or other service having a contract with the government for the design of the diving system-- responsible/liable for safe design that meets or exceeds contract specifications |
Design Load | maximum force due to the rated load plus some or all of the following: (1) added mass effects, (2) entrained water, (3) any external payloads, (4) drag or wind loads, and (5) dynamic loads which are derived with the aid of the dynamic load factor. |
Dynamic Load. | load imposed on a system due to accelerations of gravity and ship (or other transportation) motion. It is dependent upon the magnitude and frequency of ship motions, ship attitude, and the location of the handling system on the ship |
Dynamic Load Factor | A calculated number given in acceleration units, g; where 1g is the acceleration of gravity. The force exerted by the system on its supports is determined by multiplying the dynamic load factor by the weight of the system. |
Fail-safe. | Components within the handling system that are designed to prevent uncontrolled dropping, shifting, or sudden movement of the diving system during a hydraulic or electrical system failure or component/equipment malfunction. |
Functional Baseline (FBL). | initially approved documentation describing a system's functional, interoperability, and interface requirements and the verification required to demonstrate the achievement of those specified characteristics-- controlled by the Govt. Procurement Rep. |
Functional Configuration Audit (FCA). | The formal examination of functional characteristics of a diving system, prior to acceptance, to verify that the item has achieved the requirements specified in its User Design Specifications. |
Government Procurement Representative. | individual responsible for the procurement and certification of a new construction diving system to meet the user’s operational needs. The Government Procurement Representative shall be accountable for cost, schedule, and performance |
Handling System | The mechanical, electrical, structural equipment and rigging used on board a support platform to launch and recover divers or a manned diving system. |
Human Systems Integration (HSI). | process to ensure that the system is built to accommodate the characteristics of the user population that will operate, maintain, and support the system. |
HSI includes: | design and assessment of requirements; concepts and resources for system manpower, personnel, training, safety and occupational health, habitability, personnel survivability; and human factors engineering. |
Load Bearing | Those components of the handling system that support the loads resulting from launching and recovering of a manned diving system. |
Load Controlling. | Those components of the handling system that position, restrain, or control the movement of a manned diving system. Towing is excluded from the SOC. |
Maintainability. | ease and economy of time and resources with which an item can be kept in, or restored to, a fully operational and safe condition when maintenance is performed --.a function of design |
Maximum Operating Pressure | lowest pressure that can exist in a system or subsystem under normal operating conditions. This pressure is usually determined by such influences as the minimum allowable oil supply pressure to a bearing |
Nominal Operating Pressure | approximate pressure at which an essentially constant pressure system operates when performing its normal function. This pressure is used for the system basic pressure identification. |
Nonmetallic. | Any material, other than a metal, or any composite in which the metal is not the most easily ignited component and for which the individual constituents cannot be evaluated independently. |
Open System Approach | A systems engineering process, described in DOD Instruction 5000.1, The Defense Acquisition System, that includes the use of well-defined, widely-used, non-proprietary processes and DOD adopted standards |
DOD adopted standards are usually set by recognized standard organizations such as: | International Standards Organization (ISO), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). |
Operational Suitability | The degree to which a system can be placed and sustained satisfactorily in field use |
considerations for operational suitability are: documentation and training requirements, >>>>? | availability, compatibility, transportability, interoperability, reliability, wartime rates, maintainability, safety, human factors, habitability, manpower, logistics, supportability, logistics supportability, natural environment effects and impacts, |
Performance Specification. | A statement of requirement in terms of required results with criteria for verifying compliance, without stating methods for achieving the required results |
What defines the functional requirements for the item, the environment in which it must operate, and the interface and interoperability requirements? | Performance Specification |
Preliminary Design Review (PDR). | This review evaluates the progress, technical adequacy, and risk resolution (on a technical, cost, and schedule basis) of the selected design approach; the functions, performance, and interface requirements |
What assures the design will meet overall system performance requirements; and the degree of definition and assess the technical risk associated with the selected manufacturing methods/processes of each configuration item (CI) or aggregate of CIs? | Preliminary Design Review (PDR). |
Product Baseline (PBL). | approved documentation describing all of the necessary functional and physical characteristics of the configuration item and the selected functional and physical characteristics designated for production acceptance testing and tests necessary for support |
What is controlled by the Government Procurement Representative and is established after the critical design review? | Product Baseline (PBL). |
Rated Load. | maximum weight that shall be lifted by the assembled handling system at its rated speed and under parameters specified in the equipment specifications (e.g., hydraulic pressures, electrical current, electrical voltages). |
What is standing rigging? | rope that is stationary and provides mechanical support to the handling system. |
Running rigging? | consists of the rope (wire rope or synthetic line) and end fittings intended to handle the diving system that passes over sheaves or through rollers. Standing rigging is |
Scope of Certification (SOC). | encompasses life-critical elements of all systems, subsystems, components and the associated maintenance and operational procedures required to ensure the continuous physical well being of the diving system operators, divers, and other occupants |
What includes emergency systems and procedures required to return them safely from the maximum operating depth to the surface following a non-catastrophic accident or casualty that prevents continued normal operation of the system? | Scope of Certification (SOC). |
DEscribe . Static Test Load. it is a weight equal to what percent of the rated load of the handling system? | weight equal to 200 percent of the rated load of the handling system. It is used to physically verify the structural integrity of the handling system, and the adequacy of its brakes and fail-safe components. |
Support Platform | Any platform used to transport, launch, and retrieve a diving system. Ships, boats, vessels, barges, and submarines are included in this definition. An example of a submarine support platform is one modified to carry a Dry Deck Shelter |
Survivability | Ability of a system, sub-system, component, or equipment to withstand the effects of adverse environmental conditions that could otherwise render the system unusable or unable to carry-out its designed function. |
What enables a rapid restoration of the system, sub-system, component, or equipment and to increase the sustainability of the war-fighting or peacetime operations. | Survivability |
System Certification Authority (SCA). | organization within the NAVSEA that is delegated, through the Navy chain of command –specifically OPNAVINST 3150.27, Navy Diving Program, the responsibility to conduct certification of diving systems under its cognizance. |
System Design Pressure | pressure used in calculating minimum wall thickness of pressure vessels, piping and piping components. The system design pressure shall not be less than the maximum system pressure. |
System Design Review (SDR) | evaluates the contractor’s optimization, traceability, correlation, completeness, and the risk of the allocated requirements including the corresponding test requirements in fulfilling the system/subsystem requirements (the functional baseline). |
System Requirements Review (SRR). | evaluates the contractor’s understanding of the contract requirements documents (specification, SOW, contract schedule, etc.) and the adequacy of the contractor's efforts in defining system technical requirements. |
What is used to determine initial direction and progress of the contractor's system engineering management effort? | System Requirements Review (SRR). |
Total Ownership Cost (TOC). | cost to the government of acquisition and ownership of that system over its useful life. It includes the cost of research, development, acquisition, operations, and support (to include manpower and training), and where applicable, disposal. |
Life Cycle Cost is also referred to as________? | Total Ownership Cost (TOC). |
ABS | American Bureau of Shipping |
ACGIH | American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
ADS | Atmosphere Dive System |
ANU | Authorized for Navy Use |
ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
ATA | Atmospheres, Absolute |
ATM | Atmospheres |
BIBS | Built In Breathing System |
BTPS | Body Temperature; Ambient Barometric Pressure; Saturated with Water Vapor |
CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CITIS | Contractor Integrated Technical Information Services |
CGA | Compressed Gas Association |
CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
COC | Certificate of Compliance |
COTS | Commercial-Off-The-Shelf |
DC | Direct Current |
DDS1 | Deep Diving System |
DDS2 | Dry Deck Shelter |
DFARS | DOD Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement |
DFS | Departure From Specification |
DLSS | Divers’ Life Support System |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DP | Design Pressure |
DSRV | Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle |
EHP | Electrical Hull Penetrator |
FADS | Fly Away Dive System |
FMECA | Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis |
FID | Flame Ionization Detector |
FMGS | Flyaway Mixed Gas System |
F O2 | Percent by Volume of Oxygen |
GSO | General Specifications for Overhaul of Surface Ships |
HAZCAT | Hazard Category Level |
HAZID | Hazard Identification |
HP | High Pressure |
HPU | Hydraulic Power Unit |
IR | Insulation Resistance |
L | Liter |
LP | Low Pressure |
LSS | Life Support System |
LWDS | Light Weight Dive System |
MCM | Mission Configuration Matrix |
MES | Milestone Event Schedule |
MP | Medium Pressure |
MT | Magnetic Particle Inspection |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAVFAC | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
NAVSEA | Naval Sea Systems Command |
NDE | Nondestructive Examination |
NFESC | Naval Facilities Engineering Center, East Coast Detachment |
Ni-Al-Brz | Nickel-Aluminum-Bronze |
Ni-Cu | Nickel-Copper |
Ni-Cu-Al | Nickel-Copper-Aluminum |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NITROX | Nitrogen-Oxygen |
NOX | Nitrogen Oxides |
NSMRL | Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory |
O & M | Operating and Maintenance |
OAS | Obstacle Avoidance System |
OPNAV | Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
OP/EP | Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
OQE | Objective Quality Evidence |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
PID | Photoionization Detector |
PM | Program Manager |
PMS | Preventive Maintenance System |
PP CO | Partial Pressure of Carbon Monoxide |
PP CO2 | Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide |
PTIMP | Maximum Allowable Internal Working Pressure |
PTexp | Maximum Allowable External Working Pressure |
ppb | Parts per Billion |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
ppm | Parts per Million |
psia | Pounds per Square Inch, Absolute |
psig | Pounds per Square Inch, Gauge |
PSOB | Pre-Survey Outline Booklet |
PT | Dye Penetrant Inspection |
PTC | Personnel Transfer Capsule |
PVHO | Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy |
QA | Quality Assurance |
REC | Re-entry Control |
RM | Reliability, Maintainability and Availability |
RMS | Root Mean Square |
RQ | Respiratory Quotient |
SCA | System Certification Authority |
scfh | Standard Cubic Feet per Hour |
SCUBA | Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus |
SDI | Ship's Drawing Index |
SECNAV | Secretary of the Navy |
SEV | Surface Equivalent Value |
SHIPALT | Ship Alteration |
slpm | Standard Liters per Minute |
Sm | Allowable Operating Stress |
SNDLRCS | Standard Navy Double Lock Recompression Chamber System |
SOC | Scope of Certification |
SOLAS | Safety of Life at Sea |
SSDS | Surface Supplied Diving System |
STPD | Standard Temperature and Pressure, Dry |
TA | Technical Authority |
TLV | Threshold Limit Value |
TR | Time Required |
TRCS | Transportable Recompression Chamber Systems |
UBA | Underwater Breathing Apparatus |
UIPI | Uniform Industrial Process Instruction |
UL | Underwriters Laboratories |
UQC | Underwater Telephone |
designer must ensure that the technical requirements are__________so that lower level item performance specifications and technical requirements can be developed. | understandable, unambiguous, comprehensive, complete, and concise |
quantity refers to? | (how many), |
quality refers to ? | (how good), |
coverage refers to ? | (how far), |
time lines refer to? | (when and how long), |
availability refers to ? | (how often) |
Design constraints define those factors that limit design flexibility, examples include: | environmental conditions or limits; and contract, customer or regulatory standards |
requirements analysis identifies the following system functional and performance requirements and characteristics: | 1. Operational requirements: 2. System functions 3. System performance 4. System design verification requirements 5. System configuration 6. Physiological considerations of occupants/divers/operators 7. Physical Limitations 8 Mandatory military stds |
Identification of anticipated hazards is an example of what type of requiremt? | Operational requirement |
System functions include: | Measures of effectiveness |
System performance includes: | (1) Anticipated design life and service period (useful life, number of cycles, etc.) (2) Survivability requirements (see 1.3) (3) Requirements for reliability, maintainability, and availability |
System design verification requirements includes? | Measures of performance |
System configuration considerations include: | (1) Interface descriptions (2) Characteristics of info displays and operator ctrls 3)Relationships of operators to system/physical equipmt 4. Operator skills/levels required to operate system (Manning requiremts 5. Comms requiremts. 6. Emergency equipmt |
Physiological considerations of occupants/divers/operators include: | (1) Thermal protection requirements (2) Limits for breathing gas composition, pressure, flow, temperature, and humidity (3) Specification of breathing gas contamination limits (4) Constraints (movement or visual limitations) |
System Physical Limitations include: | (1) Physical limitations (capacity, power) • Depth/pressure limitations • System volumes/capacities • Temp. limits for both normal and emergency operating conditions • Permissible sound, mechanical shock and vibrations parameters (2) Tech. limitations |
functional analysis/design synthesis process is also called | Solution Definition Process--transforms the system-level functional, performance, interface and other requirements that were identified through requirements analysis into design concepts and technical approaches to achieve a design solution |
In selecting the optimal design, the Designer shall use ___________ to evaluate alternative solutions to optimize cost, schedule, performance, and risk. | trade-off analysis (trade study) |
the saturation diving system will have numerous ______, all of which will have their own control and tracking. | CI = configuration items |
Outputs from this ____process include a systematic block diagram ), a work breakdown structure (WBS) (Work Breakdown Structures), and documentation providing traceability of performance requirements to components | functional analysis/design synthesis process or Solution Definition Process |
subsystem and component descriptions are developed, and detailed interfaces between all system components are defined in this phase? | preliminary design phase |
Design calculations and analyses are produced. Technical management processes are formalized during this phase? | preliminary design phase |
Component material selection and item design requirements are identified. | preliminary design phase |
Availability of critical components and technologies are assessed. Major components and subassemblies and their interdependencies are identified and flow diagrams, electrical schematics, system arrangement drawings are completed during this phase? | preliminary design phase |
During this phase? lower level item physical descriptions and performance requirements are defined and detailed drawings are developed. All design calculations and analyses are completed. goal: to have sufficient specifications and drawings to start | Detailed Design |
hazard analysis is refined and the design of hazard related components is modified, or specific attributes are required, to mitigate the hazard during this phase | Detailed Design |
The Navy requires ______? in addition to or in conjunction with recognized Code (ASME, ASME PVHO) or classification society (ABS) technical reviews and audits | formal technical reviews and audits (design reviews) |
technical reviews and audits (design reviews) are typically found in the system procurement specifications specified in ? | the Statement of Work (SOW). |
This review is to determine the adequacy of the Designer’s efforts in defining system requirements to meet performance requirements and standards of the diving system SOW? | System Requirements Review (SRR). |
This review evaluates the optimization, correlation, completeness, and risks associated with the allocated technical requirements as well as the Designer’s system engineering processes | System Design Review (SDR). |
This is a formal technical review of the basic design approach. The review is usually held when about 15 percent of the drawings are complete. This review evaluates the progress, technical adequacy, and risk resolution | Preliminary Design Review (PDR |
The Designer shall have completed a conceptual design for presentation at this review | System Design Review (SDR). |
This review is conducted prior to fabrication/production of the diving system to ensure that the detailed design calculations and analyses and engineering drawings satisfy the performance requirements and standards of the diving system | Critical Design Review (CDR). |
Generally, 85 percent of all drawings are complete prior to this review. | Critical Design Review (CDR). |
When establishing a configuration management program, the Designer shall follow the guidance in ? | NAVSEAINST 4130.12B, Configuration Management Policy and Guidance, EIA-649, National Consensus Standard for Configuration Management, ISO 10007:2003, Quality Management Systems – Guidelines for Configuration Management; and SECNAVINST 4130.2 |
What is SECNAVINST 4130.2 ? | Department of the Navy Configuration Management Policy |
Configuration management provides documentation that describes what ? | what is supposed to be designed, what is being designed, what has been designed, and what modifications have been made to what was designed. |
Configuration management comprises what five interrelated efforts? | Identification, Control, Status Accounting, and Audits |
This is referred to as the Requirements Baseline in EIA-649 ? | Functional baseline |
the approved configuration documentation describing a system's or top level configuration item's (CI) performance (functional, inter-operability, and interface characteristics) and verification reqd. to demonstrate achievemt of specified characteristics | Functional baseline |
who maintains control of the functional baseline? | The Government Procurement Representative |
The Designer shall have control over his design and associated technical documentation that definesevolving design solution during development of a CI. changes or modification of system functional or performance requirements will require whose approval? | The Government Procurement Representative |
This baseline is established after the preliminary design review. | Allocated baseline |
THis baseline is referred to as the Design Release Baseline | Product baseline |
The product baseline prescribes what three things? | • All necessary physical or form, fit, and function characteristics of a CI • The selected functional characteristics designated for production acceptance testing • The production acceptance test requirements |
Who maintains control of the product baseline, including digital format? | The Government Procurement Representative |
This baseline is established after the critical design review | Product baseline |
What two types of change documents used to control baselines associated with government configuration management ? | Engineering Change Proposal, Request for Deviation or Waiver. |
Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) is also referred to as ? | Change Proposals |
These identify need for a permanent configuration change. | Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) or Change Proposals |
These propose a temporary departure (specific number of units or specific time period) from the baseline. They allow for acceptance of non-conforming material | Requests for Deviation or Waiver |
The use of these provide the Navy on-line access to, or delivery of, programmatic and technical data in digital form and is required unless waived by the Government Procurement Representative | MIL-STD-974, Contractor Integrated Technical Information Services (CITIS); Defense Acquisition Deskbook, Section 3.7, Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support (CALS); |
The Designer shall document system safety engineering approach. This is known as ? | System Safety Plan. |
the program’s overall system safety plan and implementation including milestones, definitions of hazard severity and probability of hazards, and a detailed risk level matrix (severity and probability). are all part of this? | System Safety Plan. |
This includes the following safety analyses: Health Hazard Assessment, System Hazard Analysis (see 1-2.4.2), Component Level Hazard Analysis, System Level Hazard Analysis (see 1-2.4.2) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) | System Safety Plan |
This defines how hazards and residual mishap risk are communicated to and accepted by the appropriate risk acceptance authority and how hazards and residual mishap risk will be tracked. | System Safety Plan |
The System Safety plan shall also include this plan? | a Hazard Tracking and Closeout Plan |
This plan shall maintain a tracking system that includes hazards, their closure actions, and residual mishap risk throughout the design. | Hazard Tracking and Closeout Plan |
As part of the design process for a diving system or equipment, This ? must be developed to evaluate the effects of all possible failures | Hazard Analysis |
A hazard analysis consists of these two levels? | a component type hazard analysis and an system level hazard analysis shall be performed. |
What type of analysis is typically performed assuming that only one failure occurs in any one subsystem at a time, not multiple failures occurring at the same time | component analysis |
failures that could affect the ___________?shall clearly show what features, warnings or procedures have been incorporated into the design, operation and maintenance of the system to preclude or minimize the probability of failure | safety or recoverability of personnel |
Who is responsible to ensure that conditions identified as significant safety hazards are eliminated or reduced to the lowest practical level? | the Designer |
What MIL STD provides an acceptable set of guidelines for the conduct of a hazard analysis. | MIL-STD-882 |
3 Components of a hazard analysis include | hazard identification, hazard assessment, and hazard mitigation |
Identification of hazards is a responsibility of who? | all program members |
determining the potential negative impact of the hazard on personnel, facilities, equipment, operations, the public, and the environment is known as ? | Hazard Assessment. |
an iterative process that culminates when the residual mishap risk has been reduced to a level acceptable to the Government Procurement Representative | Hazard Mitigation |
precedence for mitigating identified hazards is? | 1 Eliminate hazards through design selection. 2. Incorporate safety devices. 3. Provide warning devices 4. Develop procedures and training |
The SOC is part of the certification process defined in what manual? | NAVSEA SS521-AA-MAN-010, U.S. Navy Diving and Manned Hyperbaric Systems Safety Certification Manual |
SOC consists of what? | all portions of the diving system and its ancillary equipment required to ensure personnel safety. |
Systems and components, not initially shown to be within the SOC by the Designer, shall be reviewed by who for their contributions to the overall safety of design? | the Government Procurement Representative |
Systems, components, procedures and documentation that must be included in the SOC are those: | a. where failure creates an immediate hazard that may result in severe injury or death. b. where malfunction or failure could prevent the safe return of the operators, divers, or occupants to the surface |
Systems, components, procedures and documentation that must be included in the SOC are those: | c. that keep operators, divers, or occupants safely on the surface following an ascent. d. used to rescue personnel from the diving system and return them to the surface, support platform, or, to ambient conditions outside the chamber. |
Systems, components, procedures and documentation that must be included in the SOC are those: | e. associated with temporary test equipment affecting trim and stability conditions, both surfaced and submerged, that could threaten safe recovery of personnel. f. drawings required in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the system |
Systems, components, procedures and documentation that must be included in the SOC are those: | g. written operating procedures (OP) including predive and post-dive procedures, emergency procedures (EP), and maintenance procedures for systems, subsystems, and components within the SOC including O&M /PMS |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | a. The pressure hull, pressure vessels, hard structure, and appurtenances. |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | b. The ballast/buoyancy systems used to maintain adequate freeboard when operating a submersible capsule or habitat on the surface. |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | c. Jettisoning and emergency ballast blow systems used to return the diving system to the surface in event of emergency |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | d. Normal and emergency life-support systems that provide an acceptable atmosphere to the diving system personnel |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | e. Non-compensated equipment, subject to pressure, which may implode or explodef. Release devices for external appendages. g. Firefighting devices or systems |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | h. Communication systems allowing personnel using the diving system to communicate with support personnel i.e. diver to topside, submersible or habitat to surface support platform.i. Monitoring/detecting devices |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | j. Emergency recovery equipment l. Electrical power subsystems and components |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | m. Electrical equipment and accessories that have sufficient electrical potential to cause a shock hazard |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | n. External obstacle avoidance systems, such as active sonar, fathometers, passive sonar, TV viewing systems, optical viewing devices, and periscopes. |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | o. Propulsion system for submersibles operating under or near overhangs, cliffs, in canyons, in wreckage |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC. | p. Any potential toxic or flammable material within manned spaces of the diving system. |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC | Support platform handling systems and components such as cranes, A-frames, trolleys, winches, brakes, cables, and their ancillary equipment |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC | Systems and components that protect personnel directly or indirectly against accidents and hazards |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC | s. Systems and components providing control of the diver's body temperature and protecting the diver against accidents and hazards in the underwater environment. |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC | t. Subsystems located on the gas supply side of the diver's umbilical or supply hose. For surface supplied diving systems and recompression chamber systems, the scope normally encompasses the entire diver's gas mechanical system |
listing of items shown below generally requires inclusion in the SOC | u. Diver-worn equipment, which includes the subsystems and components located on the diver side of the umbilical or supply hose connection required to ensure and preserve the safety and well-being of the diver, |
the entire diver's gas mechanical system. This is usually composed of, but not limited to | compressors, flasks, filtration and purification, carbon dioxide scrubbers, separators, reducing stations, receivers, valving and piping up to and including the diver's manifold(s) and recompression chamber and its appurtenances |
Diver-worn equipment that ensures and preserves the safety and well-being of the diver includes: | 2) Headgear, face masks, mouthpieces, breathing bags and helmets. (3) Breathing gas hose, umbilicals, gas fittings, connectors, fasteners, and clothing. |
Diver-worn equipment that ensures and preserves the safety and well-being of the diver includes: | (4) Instrumentation, sensors, alarms, computers and (predive) set up equipment. (5) Electrical and communication subsystems. |
Diver-worn equipment that ensures and preserves the safety and well-being of the diver includes: | (1) Breathing gas subsystems and components including tubing, valves and regulators, breathing gas containers, and carbon dioxide absorbers. |
The goal is to design a system for use by the Navy diving population without having to modify or create new Navy Enlisted Classifications (NEC) or provide additional training requirements. KSA refers to ? | knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) of system operators, maintainers, and support personnel |
Examples of Human Factors Engineering include: | 1. Physical Human Factors, which addresses physical attributes of the human body such as height, weight, arm reach, center of gravity |
physical human factors in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) design shall be based on the ___th and ___th percentile MALE. | 5th and 95th |
Examples of Human Factors Engineering include: | 2. Physiological Human Factors, which address visual acuity, tolerance to extreme temperatures, and frequency range of human hearing |
Examples of Human Factors Engineering include: | 3. Psychological or Behavioral Human Factors, which address mental reaction time to various stimuli, capabilities and limitations of short term memory, and "expectancy" as an element of perception |
Physical accommodations in design is defined as what? | having adequate reach, strength, and endurance nec. to perform all tasks; adequate clearance for movement, to ingress/egress work area, and perform all reqd tasks; adequate internal and external visibility to perform all reqd ops; and adequate fit of PPE |
Design of non-military-unique workplaces and equipment shall conform to ? | Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations Part 1910 (29 CFR 1910) |
for human engineering guiding criteria in the design of the diving system, the designer should refer to what ? | MIL-STD-1472, Human Engineering |
Designer shall consider the effect of sound levels on the system occupants in accordance with the guidelines and calculations provided in ? | OPNAVINST 5100.23, Chapter 18, Hearing Conservation and Noise Abatement and MIL-STD 1474 |
Noise limits: sound levels in decimals on a A-weighted scale (dB(A)) for frequencies of ? | 20 to 16,000 Hertz (Hz), |
During work periods (not to exceed 16 hours in any 24-hour period), the noise level shall not exceed ? | 80 dB(A). |
For impact/impulse noises the maximum sound pressure level is ? | 140 dB. |
When an intermittent noise greater than_____exists, the PELs must be recalculated. What are PEL's? | 70 dB(A) permissible exposure limits |
for further guidance on equipment noise acceptance criteria in meeting sound level thresholds you should see ? | MIL-STD-1474, Noise Levels |
In design condiderations, frequency ranges for motion sickness and for health, comfort, and perception are defined as: | 0.1 to 0.5 Hz for motion sickness 0.5 to 80 Hz for health, comfort, and perception |
Evaluation of vibration and its possible effects on _______, ______, __________, and _________ whould conform to ISO 2631-1, Mechanical Vibration and Shock - Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-body Vibration - Part l | health, comfort, and perception, and motion sickness |
If possible, exposure within the health guidance caution zone should be avoided. Frequencies below _____hz should be avoided? | 20 |
To preclude impairment of visual tasks, vibration between ___and ___Hz should be minimized? | 20 and 70 Hz |
This evaluates the potential for hazards and the degree of risk resulting from the implementation of operational and support procedures (e.g., maintenance, transport, disposal, etc.) performed by personnel supporting the system ? | Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA) |
What characteristics determine how large access openings must be, the need for stands, how far replaceable units shall be placed inside a compartment and still be reachable, and so forth ? | Anthropometrical |
What determine what types of warnings are most effective, which way a calibration knob should turn, whether a continuously variable or detented knob should be used, and so forth? | Psychological factors |
The Designer shall follow the guidance of ____? for determining the maintainability and reliability of the diving system. | MIL-HDBK-470, Designing and Developing Maintainable Products and Systems, |
Maintainability analyses include: | • Maintainability Design Evaluation • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) • Testability Analysis • Human Factors Analysis |
The Designer shall perform ______? to identify mission or safety critical single point failures and steps mitigating them | a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) |
What analysis shall show that the design permits rapid positive identification of malfunctions, and rapid isolation and repair of these items by system personnel | reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) |
The diving system must perform reliably under worst-case conditions. The reliability performance objective shall be in terms of ______?_. this must be longer than what? | mean time between failures (MTBF). MTBF must be longer than the longest operational mission profile. |
Components, equipment and systems shall be designed to properly operate at what design conditions? | the most limiting |
the effect of fabricating to worst case material dimensions. Potential effects of corrosion caused by oxidation, pitting, galvanic interaction of dissimilar metals, stress corrosion cracking and embrittlement must be considered in reference to ? | Structural design calculations |
in what calculations would the following be important:, system flow characteristics, e.g., velocity, flow rates, pressure, and storage and/or air bank capacity, where applicable. | Minimum Calculation Requirements of piping and mechanical systems |
Design calculations for electrical equipment and systems will contain as a minimum: | (1) Electrical load and power analysis. (2) Max heat generated by the equipment, and the max anticipated temp. . (3) Voltage-drop calculations . (4) Where available, information obtained from the manufacturers |
These shall also consider the most critical loading case that includes the cumulative detrimental effects of design allowances, dimensional variations, and tolerances.? | Stress analyses and test reports |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | a. Weight of water used for hydrostatic testing b. Forces encountered while transporting, securing, removing, or handling the system or its components c. Static loads imposed by the clamping or securing devices used to secure the system |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | d. Maximum operating pressure of gas within the system e. Thermal stresses due to the maximum operating temperature range of the system |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | f. Reactions due to differential thermal expansion between the system and the structure to which it shall be fixed or due to elastic expansion of the system caused by internal pressure |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | g. Vibration transmitted from the shipping platform transporting the components of the system |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | h. Shock, including accidental blows i. Vertical and horizontal loads on foundations j. Forces developed by shipboard accelerations, ship vibrations or imposed by ship motions |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | k. Dynamic loads encountered: (1) When launching, retrieving, or handling the diving system (2) In normal or casualty operations such as explosively jettisoning external equipment (3) From collapse of any non-pressure compensated elements |
Examples of loads to be in stress analysis considered are: | l. Fatigue load life of the pressure resisting components and piping for a specified number of cycles in a cold water environment. m. Effects of Corrosion |
What must consider the following design parameters: a. Magnitude and nature of peak stresses b. Material properties and method of fabrication. c. Maximum deviation in material thickness, assembly techniques and allowable flaws. . | The fatigue analysis |
What must consider the following design parameters: d. Geometry of the structure and details of penetrations and attachments. e. Previous fabrication, stress-loading, and operating history of the material. | The fatigue analysis |
What must consider the following design parameters: f. Effects of residual stresses, thermal stresses and strain rate. g. Type and method of loading and environmental effects such as corrosion/erosion. h. Maximum anticipated number of load cycles. | The fatigue analysis |
All diving systems drawings shall meet the requirements of ? | ASME Y14.100, Engineering Drawing Practices. |
For each component or item on a drawing, what information must be identified? | the manufacturer’s model or type number, part number, material, vendor identification, applicable military specification, federal specification or standard as appropriate |
Each component that provides a control, sensing or similar essential function that impacts on the operation of the system (valves, gauges, pressure regulators, etc.) shall have this? | a unique identifier made up of a system designation and a number. |
Each component and welded or mechanical joint within the SOC shall have | a unique identification number on the Joint Identification Drawing. |
Pressure vessel(s) weight, internal (floodable) volume and cycle life (when required) shall be stated on what type of drawing? | on the Top Assembly Drawing for each vessel. |
T of F The Designer shall develop Joint Identification Drawings (JID) for the divers life support system (DLSS) and welded pressure vessels of any diving or hyperbaric system | True: JIDs are used not only during the fabrication of the system but also throughout the life of the equipment for maintenance and record keeping |
The JID shall also list the minimum______required (after bending) for piping and tubing | wall thickness |
The first 2 or three letters (for ex. AHP, ALP, EXH, OHP, OLP, EQ) in a JID for a valve or gauge designates what? | usage--for example AHP = Air High Pressure OHP = Oxygen High Pressure |
For a JID (XXX-XXXXX XX , the first three characters represent ? the next character represents ? the next single character represents? the following 3 characters represent? finally the last two characters represent? | Usage, subsystem designation, torque value, joint number, and type of joint |
defined as the ability to reach, read and/or operate components and equipment identified as vital to the recovery and emergency operation of the diving system. | Access to vital components and equipment |
Weld design shall be in accordance with ? | MIL-STD-22, Welded Joint Design |
The design of all threaded fasteners within the SOC, including bolts, studs and nuts shall meet the requirements of ? | MIL-DTL-1222 or SAE J429 (Mechanical and Material Requirements for Externally Threaded Fasteners) or SAE J995 (Mechanical and Material Requirements for Steel Nuts). |
Studs and bolts should be of sufficient length so that, when nuts are tightened to their appropriate torque values, at least how many thread(s) exposed? | at least 1 thread is exposed |
Where practicable, the number of threads exposed shall not exceed ______; however, in no case shall the thread exposure exceed _______ threads. | 5 10 |
Generally speaking __________should provide a positive locking action, be simple to install, and should lend itself to easy inspection without disturbing the locking feature | a locking device |
If locking devices are not practical, critical fasteners shall be marked how? | with a "torque stripe" identifying the relative locations of parts under proper torque. |
the breathing gas supply will provide gas at the required flow rate and pressure to meet the conditions of the most imposing diving mission with enough gas available to:? | compress to the maximum depth, maintain depth for as long as required and return the divers to the surface, including decompression. |
design of DLSS shall address the following items necessary for atmosphere control and monitoring:? | a. Breathing gas supply. (1) Stored breathing gas. (2) Primary breathing gas supply. (3) Secondary breathing gas supply. (4) Emergency breathing gas supply |
design of DLSS shall address the following items necessary for atmosphere control and monitoring:? | b. Environmental control and monitoring. (1) Carbon dioxide control/monitoring. (2) O2 control and monitoring. (3) Gas purification/filtering. (4) Humidity control/monitoring.(5) Temp. control/monitoring. (6) Env. monitoring instrumentation |
From a practical standpoint the minimum oxygen consumption rate for an individual is ___Liters/minute (STPD), and the maximum is ____Liters/minute (STPD). | 0.33 4.0 |
PPO2 goes as low as ____ata most individuals become hypoxic to the point of helplessness. | 0.11 |
Consciousness is usually lost at about _____ata and at much below this level, permanent brain damage and death will most likely occur. | 0.10 |
For very long exposures measured in hours to days, pulmonary symptoms may appear if the PPO2 is allowed to exceed _____ ATA. For this reason, The U.S. Navy normally maintains PPO2 between ___ and ___ATA during saturation dives. | .5 0.44 to 0.48 |
High pressure oxygen poisoning, or central nervous system (CNS) oxygen toxicity, is most likely to occur when divers are exposed to more than ? | 1.6 atmospheres of oxygen |
What is CNS O2 Toxicity’s most serious direct consequence ? Some of the warning symptoms are ? | convulsioins tunnel vision, nausea, twitching, and irritability. |
To prevent the onset of CNS O2 Toxicity in most divers, the design of the diving system or recompression chamber shall be such that partial pressure of oxygen delivered to the user shall typically be at ____ or below? | 1.4 ata |
Allowable Oxygen Partial Pressures by System Type OPEN CIRCUIT AIR AND NITROX DIVING | 1.4 ATA (MAX)--Dives with higher PPO2 are allowed but with restricted exposure times. |
Allowable Oxygen Partial Pressures by System Type OPEN CIRCUIT HELIOX DIVING (SURFACE SUPPLIED) | 1.3 ATA (MAX, ON-BOTTOM)--Brief exposures to PPO2 as high as 1.9 ATA are allowed during decompression |
Allowable Oxygen Partial Pressures by System Type OPEN CIRCUIT HELIOX DIVING (SATURATION) | 1.25 ATA (MAX, FOR EXCURSION DIVES) |
Allowable Oxygen Partial Pressures by System Type CLOSED CIRCUIT CONSTANT PPO2 DIVING | 1.3 ATA (TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE)4 |
ratio of volume of CO2 produced to the volume of O2 consumed is termed ______and varies ____to _____ | respiratory quotient (RQ) and varies from 0.7 to 1.1 |
At rest, the RQ is normally around | .085 |
average resting oxygen consumption is approximately per man? | 0.44 L/min (STPD) or 1.0 ft3/hr (STPD) STPD = Standard Temperature and Pressure, Dry |
corresponding average CO2 generation rate has been observed to lie between _____ and ____? | 0.374 L/min (STPD) or 0.80 and 0.85 ft3/hr (STPD). STPD = Standard Temperature and Pressure, Dry |
During moderate to hard work, the RQ approaches ___? | 1 |
A CO2 removal system shall remove a sufficient amount of CO2 to keep the PPCO2 level below_____ATA for ventilated chambers or open circuit diving apparatus. | 0.02 |
For saturation diving systems PPCO2 shall be kept below ____ ATA with allowable short peaks to _____ATA | 0.005 0.008 |
One may estimate the CO2 load by multiplying _______by ___________? | total estimated oxygen consumption by an estimate of the respiratory exchange ratio (R). |
estimate the CO2 load by multiplying the total estimated oxygen consumption by an estimate of the respiratory exchange ratio (R). for shorter missions what O2 consumption is assumed? | 2.0 L/min (STPD) |
estimate the CO2 load by multiplying the total estimated oxygen consumption by an estimate of the respiratory exchange ratio (R). For missions longer than 12 hours, a mean oxygen consumption rate of _____ per diver is reasonable? | 1.0 L/min (STPD) |
estimate the CO2 load by multiplying the total estimated oxygen consumption by an estimate of the respiratory exchange ratio (R). For missions longer than 12 hours, an assumed R would be _____, CO2 production would be ______ | 0.9 0.9 L/min |
estimate the CO2 load by multiplying the total estimated oxygen consumption by an estimate of the respiratory exchange ratio (R). for shorter missions, CO2 production would thus be about _____ L/min. | 1.8 |
CO2 production rates of up to ___L/min (STPD) for up to 10 minutes must be accommodated. | 2.5 10 |
Since closed circuit diving systems need add only enough oxygen to make up for metabolic losses, the amount of oxygen required is (less than, more than, equal to?) the anticipated metabolic demand | equal to |
oxygen consumption can be estimated by assuming a mean value of ___ L/min (STPD) per diver for missions of less than 12 hours and _____ L/min (STPD) per diver for longer missions | 2.0 1.0 |
the oxygen content of gas breathed by the diver varies as a function of what 3 things? | diver work rate (metabolic oxygen consumption), the fresh gas injection rate, and the percentage of oxygen in the fresh gas supply. |