RO-RO SURVIVABILITY: SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS

The relationships between the safety of a ro/ro vessel and its environment, operation and design are numerous and complex. This paper concentrates on those aspects that involve survivability after flooding and the relationships between operation and design. Some of the topics covered are: the current level of risk; current standards of survivability and new developments in those standards; damage stability modeling; safety research studies that have been carried out; the design measures available to lessen susceptibility to capsizing; and safety aspects of ship operation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference paper
• Authors:
  • Dand, I W
  • Boltwood, D T
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Ro-Ro Safety and Vulnerability: the way ahead
  • Location: London, England
  • Date: 1987-12-14 to 1987-12-15
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 7p.+discuss.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Research; Risk analysis; Ship operations; Ships; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Relationships; Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Damage stability; Ro/ro safety; Ship survivability
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00658848
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM