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Integrating personnel movement simulation into preliminary ship design

Integrating personnel movement simulation into preliminary ship design

Andrews, D., Casarosa, L., Deere, Steven ORCID: 0000-0001-5171-2014, Galea, Edwin R. ORCID: 0000-0002-0001-6665, Lawrence, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-0269-0231 and Pawling, R. (2007) Integrating personnel movement simulation into preliminary ship design. Human Factors in Ship Design, Safety and Operation, 21-22 March 2007, London, UK. Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, UK, pp. 117-128. ISBN 1905040342

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Abstract

Traditionally, when designing a ship the driving issues are seen to be powering, stability, strength and seakeeping. Issues related to ship operations and evolutions are investigated later in the design process, within the constraint of a fixed layout. This can result in operational inefficiencies and limitations, excessive crew numbers and potentially hazardous situations. University College London and the University of Greenwich are in the final year of a three year EPSRC funded research project to integrate the simulation of personnel movement into early stage ship design. This allows the assessment of onboard operations while the design is still amenable to change. The project brings together the University of Greenwich developed maritimeEXODUS personnel movement simulation software and the SURFCON implementation of the Design Building Block approach to early stage ship design, which originated with the UCL Ship Design Research team. Central to the success of this project is the definition of a suitable series of Naval Combatant Human Performance Metrics which can be used to assess the performance of the design in different operational scenarios. The paper outlines the progress made on deriving the human performance metric from human factors criteria measured in simulations and their incorporation into a Behavioural Matrix for analysis. It describes the production of a series of SURFCON ship designs based on the RN Type 22 Batch 3 frigate, and their analysis using the PARAMARINE and maritimeEXODUS software. Conclusions to date will be presented on the integration of personnel movement simulation into the preliminary ship design process.

Item Type: Book Section
Additional Information: This paper forms part of the proceedings of the RINA International Conference on Human Factors in Ship Design, Safety & Operation, 21-22 March 2007, London, UK. A paper of the same title has subsequently been published in the International Journal of Maritime Engineering, Volume 150 Part A1, pp 19-34, 2008. (Official URL: http://www.rina.org.uk/ijme0801.html).
Uncontrolled Keywords: ship design, personnel movement, integration, simulation, maritimeEXODUS, SURFCON, PARAMARINE, human performance metric,
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
V Naval Science > VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
Pre-2014 Departments: School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Fire Safety Engineering Group
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified: 15 Jul 2019 15:52
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/1073

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