Against the background of using the Index of Subdivision as reference to address the safety level of ships when damaged, following primarily collision incidents, the EC-funded FLARE project is making inroads towards a direct assessment of flooding risk, which is ship, operating environment, and ancient type specific by addressing all the underlying elements, using a two-level approach; level 1 being semi-empirical with risk models informed through a newly composed accident database and level 2 with flooding risk, in the form of Potential Loss of Life, calculated from first principles, using time-domain flooding simulation tools and evacuation analyses in pertinent emergencies. In addition to addressing all accident types and modes of loss, the FLARE framework and methodology target active and passive measures of risk prevention and control, hence with application potential to both new buildings and existing ships as well as facilitate real-time flooding risk evaluation for risk monitoring and effective control in emergencies. A key objective of the FLARE project is to provide the technical basis and a proposal for the revision of relevant IMO regulations towards a risk-based approach to contain and control flooding emergencies. The paper provides a complete example of one cruise ship and one RoPax where levels 1 and 2 of flooding risk evaluation is presented and discussed, leading to conclusions and recommendations for the way forward.
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SNAME 14th International Marine Design Conference
June 26–30, 2022
Vancouver, Canada
A Multi-Level Approach to Flooding Risk Estimation of Passenger Ships
Dracos Vassalos;
Dracos Vassalos
University of Strathclyde
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Donald Paterson;
Donald Paterson
University of Strathclyde
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Francesco Mauro;
Francesco Mauro
University of Strathclyde
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Alistair Murphy;
Alistair Murphy
University of Strathclyde
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Romain Michalec;
Romain Michalec
University of Strathclyde
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Evangelos Boulougouris
Evangelos Boulougouris
University of Strathclyde
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Paper presented at the SNAME 14th International Marine Design Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 2022.
Paper Number:
SNAME-IMDC-2022-329
Published:
June 26 2022
Citation
Vassalos, Dracos, Paterson, Donald, Mauro, Francesco, Murphy, Alistair, Ahmed, Mujeeb, Michalec, Romain, and Evangelos Boulougouris. "A Multi-Level Approach to Flooding Risk Estimation of Passenger Ships." Paper presented at the SNAME 14th International Marine Design Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.5957/IMDC-2022-329
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