1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Simulation of emergency evacuation from offshore structures and an application of virtual reality technique to analyze simulation results
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07455402
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
海洋工学
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| Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
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Principal Investigator |
ARAI Makoto Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Associate professor, 工学部, 助教授 (00232025)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TABETA Shigeru Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate professo, 工学研究科, 助教授 (40262406)
INOUE Yoshiyuki Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (60126373)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Keywords | Offshore structures / Ships / Emergency evacuation / Fire / Simulations / Evacuation routes |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) In this research, a numerical simulation method of free-fall lifeboat motion was studied and a simulation code has been developed. Model experiments were also done to verify the accuracy of the numerical method.
(2) A simulation method was developed to analyze the behaviors of people in ships or offshore structures when an emergency such as fire, explosion, collision, etc.occurred. Queues in a cruise ship when an emergency occurred were investigated by the method, and the relationship between the width of the steps and evacuation efficiency has been studied. It was shown that some information such as the knowledge of the evacuation routes was very effective to reduce the evacuation period if they were given to the passengers beforehand.
(3) In order to show the results of the above mentioned evacuation simulations, the movement of the passengers in the ship was realistically shown on the monitor of computers using a so called walk through software. This graphical representation is very effective to analyze the mental reaction of the passengers during evacuation.
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Research Products
(6 results)
