GENERATING AND USING HUMAN PERFORMANCE SIMULATION DATA TO GUIDE DESIGNERS AND OPERATORS OF NAVY SHIPS: TWO LARGE MULTINATION PROGRAMS

A research program is investigating the effects of ship motions on crew performance in a wide variety of shipboard tasks. In 1986, NATO nations recognized that there was widespread difficulty quantifying the seakeeping performance of new ship designs because, in part, they did not fully understand, nor were able to quantify the effects, of ship motion on human performance. Plans for the work were initiated at an American, British and Canadian Warship Operability Workshop in 1989. In time, the work evolved as the cooperative effort of a working group consisting of these three nations with the addition of the Netherlands. This paper describes the ongoing research effort, future plans of the Working Group, and ways in which ship designers may use the results in military and commercial applications.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Intl Conf on Seakeeping and Weather; 28 Feb & 1 March 1995; London, UK. Pprs. Publ by RINA, London, UK. Ppr 8 [9 p, 32 ref, 1 tab, 1 fig]
• Authors:
  • Holcombe, D
  • Crossland, P
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Military vessels; Personnel performance; Research; Ship motion
• Old TRIS Terms: Human performance
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00717110
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 4 1996 12:00AM