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1. 1. Probabilistic Added Wave Resistance Predictions for Design of RoPax Ferries

   University essay from KTH/Lättkonstruktioner, marina system, flyg- och rymdteknik, rörelsemekanik

   Author : Jonathan Viinikka; [2023]
   Keywords : Added wave resistance in head waves; Roll-on Roll-off Passenger ferry; Probabilistic wave environment; Semi-empirical method; Adderat vågmotstånd i motsjö; Roll-on Roll-off Passagerar Fartyg; Probabilistiska vågförhållanden; Semiempiriska beräkningsmethoder;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates reasons for significant uncertainties in added wave resistance predictionsand how wave conditions can potentially affect the design of RoPax ferries. The objectiveis to find a suitable prediction method of added wave resistance for the RoPax ferry designapplication. READ MORE

3. 2. Upgradation of lifeboat

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för maskinteknik

   Author : Venkata Naga Saras Chandra Daliparti; Naveen Sai Surya Ayyappa Bellamkonda; Venkata Vamsi Krishna Kola; [2020]
   Keywords : Accidents; Lifeboats; Passenger cabin; Ships;

   Abstract : In today’s rapid development in world and globalization, transportation had become an important aspect in life. People transport through means of air, water and land. This made drastic increase of transportation and as a result the pollution levels are increased and so does the deaths due to accidents. READ MORE

4. 3. How a ship´s bridge knows its position - ECDIS assisted accidents from a contemporary human factors perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Mads Ragnvald Nielsen; [2016]
   Keywords : engineering; cognitive systems; Human and technology interaction; accident prevention; systems safety; interaction design; safety by design FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The technological artifacts used in ship navigation have undergone substantial changes during the last decades, and real-time digital navigation is a reality with the introduction of the ECDIS. Despite the obvious merits of this new navigation mode, and the imagined improvement in safety that it theoretically should bring, ECDIS has in recent years been associated with several accidents. READ MORE

5. 4. Numerical Prediction of the Cracks Effect on the Square Origami Tube

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

   Author : Tianchen Feng; [2013]
   Keywords : Thin-walled tube; Origami pattern; Energy absorption; Cracks; ABAQUS; FEM;

   Abstract : The energy absorption devices play important roles to reduce injures when the traffic accident happens. As a popular design, Thin-walled tube has been widely used in many industrial productions such as vehicles, ships and trains due to their high manufacturability and low cost. READ MORE

6. 5. Europeanization of International Law in the Context of Shipping

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Kristina Olsson; [2008]
   Keywords : Sjörätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The international character that surrounds the shipping industry has traditionally meant that rules regarding the public law of the sea or the private maritime law are internationally regulated through regulations, state practice, international conventions or international customary law. Since the 1970s, there has been an increasing concern for both the marine environment and the safety onboard ships and this international concern has been reflected in conventions issued and adopted by the United Nation's maritime organ: The International Maritime Organisation (IMO). READ MORE