[KSCI] Korea Science Citation Index Service

http://dx.doi.org/10.5394/KINPR.2013.37.1.85

A Numerical Study on the Effects of the Smoke Exhaustion on Safe Evacuation in Emergency Situations during Fires on Ships

Kim, Won-Ouk (Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology)

Publication Information

Journal of Navigation and Port Research / v.37, no.1, 2013 , pp. 85-89 More about this Journal

Abstract

Sometimes, an evacuation should be executed from a ship for many reasons. This study considers on emergency evacuation on fire in a ship, one of the many reasons for evacuation. Due to the characteristic of fire, the most loss of life is known to be caused by suffocation resulted by smoke. To reduce the suffocation by smoke, the time available for evacuation should be improved for the higher survival rate of crews. In this study, crews' survival times and Evacuation time are analyzed quantitatively in during fire in the same sealed space in two different cases of the natural ventilation and the forced ventilation.

Keywords

Emergency Evacuation; Fire in a Ship; Suffocation by smoke; Evacuation time; Crews' survival times;

Citations & Related Records

Reference

1	Rie D. Ho., Lew J. O. (2003), "A Study of Heat & Smoke Evacuation Characteristics by the Changing of Operational Method of Tunnel Fan Shaft Ventilation System for Fire on Subway Train Vehicle", T. of Korean Institute of Fire Sci. & Eng., Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 62-69.
2	KFPA(2005), SFPE Fire Prevention Engineering Handbook.
3	Kim at al.(2004), "The Effect on the Mobility of Evacuating Passengers in Ship with Regard to List and Motion", IE Interfaces Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 22-32.
4	MOMAF(2006), SOLAS -CONSOLIDATED EDITION 2006-, Hein Press.
5	NIST(2004a), Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 4) User's manual, http://fire.nist.gov/fds/
6	NIST(2004b), User's Guide for Smokeview Version 4-A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data, http://fire.nist.gov/fds/
7	Thunderhead Engineering(2009), User Manual, http://www.thunderheadeng.com