Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.21278/brod70303
SIMPLIFIED AND ADVANCED APPROACHES FOR EVACUATION ANALYSIS OF PASSENGER SHIPS IN THE EARLY STAGE OF DESIGN
Carlo Nasso
; Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio, 10, I-34127 Trieste
Serena Bertagna
; Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio, 10, I-34127 Trieste
Francesco Mauro
; Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio, 10, I-34127 Trieste
Alberto Marinò
; Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio, 10, I-34127 Trieste
Vittorio Bucci
; Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, via A. Valerio, 10, I-34127 Trieste
Abstract
In order to improve the survival capability of passenger and ro-ro ships in event of fire or flooding, in the last few years a set of international Regulations has been issued. In particular, the Regulation SOLAS “Safe Return to Port” is addressed towards design criteria able to guarantee adequate functionality of the ship when a casualty occurs. The Regulation requires the evacuation of the ship when a given threshold of damage (i.e., fire and flood) is exceeded. The evacuation analysis has become of primary importance even in the early-stage design. Indeed, the new amendments to SOLAS Regulation II-2/13.3.2.7 makes the evacuation analysis mandatory for both new and existing passenger and ro-ro ships since the early steps of the project. In this paper, the current IMO Guidelines have been analysed, and a case study for the evacuation of a 3600-person cruise ship has been carried out by means of both a simplified and an advanced method. To perform advanced calculations, two different software, based on virtual reality, have been used and the results have been compared with simplified method ones.
Keywords
Evacuation analysis; Ship Safety; Safe Return to Port; Passenger ship
Hrčak ID:
221115
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2019.
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