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Santos, T.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Risk-Based Approach to the Design of Passenger Ro-Ro Ships Regarding Damaged Stability”, Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources, 2005, Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov, Y., Fonseca, N. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K., Vol. 1, pp. 1583-1592
Risk based design has become in recent years a common design approach as the importance of safety in modern societies has increased. This is particularly true regarding the design of large capacity means of transportation, for example passenger ro-ro ships (ferries). This approach frequently uses structured and systematic methodologies to identify all possible hazards and perform comprehensive risk assessments. In this paper, the main features of risk analysis are presented and applied to the risk analysis of large modern passenger ro-ro ships regarding the capsize hazard, which has been identified as a major hazard for this type of ships. The results of two case studies are presented, consisting of the critical sea states for each damage condition and the associated risk levels. The results are discussed and the main conclusions drawn.
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