Project
REWORD - Research for Enhancement of Working Conditions Onboard Ships
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Transport mode:
Waterborne
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1998,
End date: 01/06/1999
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
The environmental conditions aboard vessels, comprising aspects such as noise, vibration, climate and heavy ship motion, considerably affect the working conditions for seafarers and the personal well-being and comfort of passengers. However, human factors have not played a significant role in the ship design process or in the management and operation of vessels.
Objectives:
REWORD aimed to enhance ship design and management tools, with the inclusion of human factor specifications in design and management guidance documentation.
The main objectives of REWORD have been:
- to use human factors' theory and experimentation to evaluate the effects of environmental conditions to which ship crews and passengers are exposed at sea;
- to produce an inventory of adverse factors, and their effects on physical and psychological characteristics of the crew;
- to produce an overview of the design and modelling tools currently adopted to help reduce adverse influences;
- to assess alternative remedies by testing their effectiveness using simulation or full-scale experimental techniques;
- to provide a cost-benefit analysis of the more effective remedies;
- to suggest tools and models to be adopted for the design of new ships and for the improvement of existing ones.
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