A Study on the Crew's Survival ratio according to ship's structure

Kim, Won-Ouk

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2010;34(6):423-427.
Published online August 30, 2010.

선박구조가 승무원 생존율에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구

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A Study on the Crew's Survival ratio according to ship's structure

Won-Ouk Kim

Abstract

Land fire receives additional extinguishing methods easily by professional extinguisher. But because of isolation and independence from land when sailing on the sea, ships are difficult to get special help from land. Generally, the death ratio by suffocation is higher than the death rate by flame and to reduce suffocation death ratio, fast evacuation is required. This paper aims to improve survival ratio at ship fires by soot density reduction. This study examines soot density and visibility using FDS. And also examines evacuation time by Pathfinder. The FDS(Fire Dynamic Simulator) is a 3 zone model(Field Model) analysis tool and the patherfinder is a useful analysis tool for evacuation. This research examined about evacuation time using the current regulations of the ship's corridor width and exit width first. And then studied evacuation time again when ship's structure was changed according to the method that is proposed in this paper. And finally compared the results each other.

Key Words: FDS. 긴급피난; Ship's fire;FDS;Emergency evacuation