First principles design for damage resistance against capsize

Objective

Unlike many other aspects of RoRo vessels design, which have undergone continuous progress towards new technologies, safety still lags behind. Traditionally handled with strict compliance to rules and regulations, the survivability of this type of vessels to damage at sea has proven dramatically insufficient. The goal of this project is to develop and validate by demonstration, an innovative design methodology based on risk assessment approach which employs first principles models representative of the physics involved in the flooding process. This tool will allow practising naval architects to realistically predict, measure and improve the level of safety of a given RoRo design and therefore it will allow total integration of survivability in the design process as a regular design parameter.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-3. - Key Action Land Transport and Marine Technologies

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

COLOR LINE MARINE AS

Address

Leif Weldingsvei 6
Sandefjord
Norway

Participants (11)

BUREAU VERITAS S.A.

France

Address

17 Bis,place Des Reflets 17 Bis, Paris La Defense 2
92400 Courbevoie

DELTAMARIN LTD

Finland

Address

2,Purokatu 1
21200 Raisio

FLENSBURGER SCHIFFSBAU-GESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG

Germany

Address

52,Batteriestraße 52
24939 Flensburg

FORCE TECHNOLOGY

Denmark

Address

Hjortekaersvej 99
2800 Lyngby

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO

Portugal

Address

1,Av. Rovisco Pais 1
1049 Lisboa

LUND, MOHR & GIAEVER - ENGER MARIN AS

Norway

Address

Solheimsgaten 16B
5824 Bergen

MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE NETHERLANDS

Netherlands

Address

2,Haagsteeg 2
6700 AA Wageningen

NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS*ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION

Greece

Address

9,Heroon Polytechniou 9
15780 Athens

SIREHNA - SOCIÉTÉ D'INGÉNIÉRIE, DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EN HYDRODYNAMIQUE NAVALE SA

France

Address

Rue De La Noe 1, Immeuble Atlanpole
44321 Nantes

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

United Kingdom

Address

48,North Portland Street 48 Colville Building 8
G1 1XM Glasgow

WS ATKINS CONSULTANTS LTD.

United Kingdom

Address

Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road
KT18 5BW Epsom