Probabilistic risk assessment for integrating survivability and safety measures on naval ships
Journal article, 2012

Conflicts of today are characterized by both traditional and irregular tactics and by non-state actors making innovative use of modern technologies. These conditions set new demands on naval ships. The aim of this investigation is to describe how, based on probabilistic risk assessment, the concept of operation for a naval ship can be turned into safety scenarios to be used in the evaluation of risk. In this investigation, civilian state-of-the-art methods for probabilistic risk assessment are merged with the specific demands of naval ships. Relevant aspects of safety culture, codes, regulations and rules are analysed with respect to requirements on safety scenarios, and military operational research with respect to modelling military systems. The results show that the scenarios must have calculable probability and must be adapted to the vessel in question. Results from simulations show that modelling operational tasks is one way to support experts in the definition of safety scenarios.

naval ships

military-technology

safety

security

scenario

Risk analysis

Author

Hans Liwång

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Division of Marine Design

Jonas Ringsberg

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Division of Marine Design

M. Norsell

Swedish Defence University

Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: InternationalJournal of Maritime Engineering

1479-8751 (ISSN) 1740-0716 (eISSN)

Vol. 154 A1 A21-A30

Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2012

Chalmers, 2012-01-01 -- 2012-12-31.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Probability Theory and Statistics

DOI

10.5750/ijme.v154iA1.872

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