Damage scenarios and an onboard support system for damaged ships

• Main Authors: Jin Choi, Dongkon Lee, Hee Jin Kang, Soo-Young Kim, Sung-Chul Shin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
• Series: International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
• Subjects: Ship safety assessment; Damage scenarios; Collision; Grounding; Damage safety criteria; Behavior simulation
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092678216302977

Although a safety assessment of damaged ships, which considers environmental conditions such as waves and wind, is important in both the design and operation phases of ships, in Korea, rules or guidelines to conduct such assessments are not yet developed. However, NATO and European maritime societies have developed guidelines for a safety assessment. Therefore, it is required to develop rules or guidelines for safety assessments such as the Naval Ship Code (NSC) of NATO. Before the safety assessment of a damaged ship can be performed, the available damage scenarios must be developed and the safety assessment criteria must be established. In this paper, the parameters related to damage by accidents are identified and categorized when developing damage scenarios. The need for damage safety assessment criteria is discussed, and an example is presented. In addition, a concept and specifications for the DB-based supporting system, which is used in the operation phases, are proposed.