Objetivo Objectives and content In case of emergencies aboard ships, passengers and crew should assemble at their "muster stations"--relative safe areas where life-saving equipment such as lifeboats is available. If necessary, the passengers can leave the ship from the muster stations. In order to limit the consequences of the emergency, mustering and evacuation should proceed in a fast and orderly fashion. National and international regulations are increasingly stricter in this respect and, secondly, prescribe norms on total evacuation performance rather than on the performance of isolated parts of the system. This means that behavioural aspects should be included. The industry needs new design features as well as new methods to comply with regulations and standards in a cost-effective way. Computer models that predict mustering and evacuation as a function of time are promising tools, but they fall short of reality because they neglect passenger behaviour, and ignore ship motion completely. Moreover, they do not address the effects of new design features. The aim of the present basic research proposal is to study the effects of new design features such as "intuitive" systems for guiding the passengers; corridors and stairs that offer improved walkability in a moving or a listed/heeled ship. These effects will be assessed under realistic ship-motion and behavioural conditions such as "group binding". The data will be made available in reports but also in the form of improved tools (computer programs) for the prediction of mustering and evacuation. The approach will be a combination of behavioural and technical expertise. The outcomes of the project will be tested and evaluated on pragmatic value by a classification society and a national authority. The promise is: improved safety, improved safety standards, and cost reduction. Programa(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Tema(s) 0302 - Transports Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO* Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Kampweg 5 3769 ZG SOESTERBERG Países Bajos Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Danish Maritime Institute Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 99,Hjortekærsvej 2800 Lyngby Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Det Norske Veritas A/S Noruega Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1,Veritasveien 1322 Hovik Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE NAVIGATION Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Avenue Octave Gréard, 3 PARIS Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Suecia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 33,Osquars Backe 100 44 Stockholm Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Quasar Consultants A/S Noruega Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 12,Harbitzalleen 0212 Oslo Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Scandlines A/S Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 10,3SAL,Dampfaergevej 2100 Copenhagen Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos