Full-Scale Trials of Lifeboat Evacuation Systems

The ability to collect full-scale lifeboat launch data from offshore installations is critical. A research program developed and used a data acquisition system to capture deployment and manoeuvring performance data from a full-scale, twin-falls davit-launched lifeboat for the purpose of correlation with model-scale experimental results. The aim of the program was to provide objective, reliable data concerning particular aspects of evacuation performance that can be used by designers, regulators, and others in their decision-making.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Transportation Development Centre
  Place de Ville, Tower C, 330 Sparks Street, 26th Floor
  Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5  Canada 

  National Research Council of Canada

  Institute for Marine Dynamics, P.O. Box 12093, Station A
  St. John's, Newfoundland  Canada  A1B 3TS
• Authors:
  • Boone, J
  • Dawe, J
  • Simoes, Re
  • Veitch, B
• Publication Date: 2003-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 41p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evacuation; Launching; Lifeboats; Performance
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01118023
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP 14221E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 2008 12:37PM