Concept of implementation of open water model tests for assessment of safety of ships in damaged condition

Abstract

The paper presents the preliminary information on the concept of open water model tests for assessment of safety of ships in damaged conditions. The need to develop the concept follows from the fact that the current regulations for assessment of safety of ships in damaged conditions require to consider an influence of many factors coming from different sources. Among the most important factors are those which come from the ship itself and the environment. Of course, the current regulations take into account the impacts which follow from the stages of flooding and progressive flooding but not all the possible impacts are taken into account. The open water model tests may enable to verify the existing regulations and model some phenomena associated with flooding. The open water model tests can be an important alternative method for the assessment of ship safety. The current method and some elements of the new approach to the safety of ships in damaged conditions are briefly described in the paper. A concept of the open water model tests for assessment of the safety of ships in damaged conditions are introduced. Some details regarding the research stand are given. The preliminary programme of investigations is presented as well. Because of the limited space available in the paper more details regarding the concept of open water model tests will be given in the POWER POINT presentation during the Symposium and in the final version of the paper.