A SYSTEM FOR THE INTEGRATED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE SHIPS

This paper describes a system for the evaluation of the vulnerability characteristics of naval surface ships. Due to the complexity of the system, it has been physically and conceptually subdivided into four modules: 1) SHIP MODULE, for the definition and management of the geometrical and non geometrical characteristics of the ship; 2) SYSTEM MODULE, for the description of the different ship systems starting with the vital components characteristics (electrical, mechanical etc), these are described in terms of their position on board and their logic connection to define the systems; 3) DAMAGE MODULE, the core of the system, dedicated to the description of offensive weapons effects. This module is based on some damage models as internal and external air blast, fragmentation, shock and gas bubble effects due to underwater explosion; 4) ANALYSIS MODULE, for the processing of the results coming from the previous module, to establish the feasibility of a defined mission.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ICCAS 94, 8th Intl Conf on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding; 5-9 Sept 1994; Bremen, Germany. Sponsored by Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG and Kockums Computer Systems AB. Procs. Publ by Berry Rasmusson Reklam AB, Sweden, ISBN 91- 630-2762-3. Vol 2, p 14.19 [11 p, 5 ref, 1 tab, 4 fig]
• Authors:
  • Damonte, R
  • Zini, A
  • Cobolli, G
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Military vessels; Naval architecture; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00710834
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM