- Author
- Maguire, P. J.
- Title
- Analysis of Ship Fire Safety Assessment Codes and Their Application to Commercial Vessels.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Report
- Thesis, May 7, 1995, 184 p.
- Keywords
- ships | fire safety | safety assessment | computer programs
- Identifiers
- fire safety assessment and the METHOD; application of the METHOD to ships; vessel description and discussion; development of model input for the case analysis; application of computer codes to dinner cruise vessel
- Abstract
- Two computer programs for ship fire saety assessment have been used to analyze one commercial vessel. The basis of each program is the Building Fire Safety Engineering Method. Exacting techniques were employed to create the necessary inputs to both programs. Output was used to evaluate the merits of each program, with regard to differentiating ability, accuracy and feasibility of use in design alternative or equivalency determinations. A thorough demonstration of the application of fire protection engineering principles to the Engineering Method is presented. Use of the Analytical Hierarchy Process, for encoding expert estimates, is shown to be a valuable tool for safety assessments. Use and analysis of the SAFE program yielded promising results with noted limitations. The NAVFIRE code had more severe limitations and too little theoretical documentation. Future use of ship fire safety assessment codes, in a framework of performance based shipping regulations, is deemed to be a worthwhile and attainable goal.