Assessing the suitability of ship design for human factors issues associated with evacuation and normal operations

Deere, Steven, Galea, Edwin R. and Lawrence, Peter (2008) Assessing the suitability of ship design for human factors issues associated with evacuation and normal operations. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries - COMPIT’08. Architecture Navale, Génie Maritime, Navigation Intérieure et Maritime, Analyse des Systèmes de Transport, Liège, Belgium, pp. 33-47. ISBN 2-9600785-0-0; 978-2-9600785-0-3 ISSN ISBN-10 2-9600785-0-0; ISBN-13 978-2-9600785-0-3

Abstract

Evaluating ship layout for human factors (HF) issues using simulation software such as maritimeEXODUS can be a long and complex process. The analysis requires the identification of relevant evaluation scenarios; encompassing evacuation and normal operations; the development of appropriate measures which can be used to gauge the performance of crew and vessel and finally; the
interpretation of considerable simulation data. In this paper we present a systematic and transparent methodology for assessing the HF performance of ship design which is both discriminating and diagnostic. The methodology is demonstrated using two variants of a hypothetical naval ship.

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