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http://dx.doi.org/10.3744/SNAK.2010.47.5.719

Development of an Evacuation Time Calculation Program for Passenger Ships Based on IMO Guidelines, MSC.1/Circ.1238  

Choi, Jin (Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute, KORDI)
Kim, Soo-Young (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Eng., Pusan National University)
Shin, Sung-Chul (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Eng., Pusan National University)
Kang, Hee-Jin (Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute, KORDI)
Park, Beom-Jin (Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute, KORDI)
Publication Information
Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea / v.47, no.5, 2010 , pp. 719-724 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thousands of passengers and crews are onboard a cruise ship and there are many cabins and large public spaces such as atria and theaters. Therefore it is easy to cause a huge loss of life and damage to property when accidents happen at sea. To improve the safety of passenger ships, in October 2007, IMO proposed MSC.1/Circ.1238 on guidelines for evacuation analysis and recommended its use. However, this guideline is difficult to apply because ship designers need to get many pieces of information from CAD drawings such as width and length of stairs and corridors and manually calculate the evacuation time. In this paper, for practical application of the guidelines, an evacuation time calculation program is developed using AutoCAD .NET API library and C Sharp language.
Keywords
Passenger ship; IMO; MSC.1/Circ.1238; Evacuation time; AutoCAD;
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