Journal is indexed in following databases:
- SCOPUS
- Web of Science Core Collection - Journal Citation Reports
- EBSCOhost
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- TRID Database - Transportation Research Board
- Index Copernicus Journals Master List
- BazTech
- Google Scholar
2022 Journal Impact Factor - 0.6
2022 CiteScore - 1.7
ISSN 2083-6473
ISSN 2083-6481 (electronic version)
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Prof. Tomasz Neumann
Published by
TransNav, Faculty of Navigation
Gdynia Maritime University
3, John Paul II Avenue
81-345 Gdynia, POLAND
e-mail transnav@umg.edu.pl
Innovative Liferaft
1 Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland
ABSTRACT: The paper present the latest results of researcg carried out within R&D project on new solutions of liferaft constuction. CFD simulations of liferaft performance are presented.
KEYWORDS: Liferaft, Search and Rescue (SAR), Liferaft Constuction, Life Saving Appliances (LSA), Liferaft Detection, Radar Detection, Reflective Material, Liferaft Characteristics
REFERENCES
Abramowicz-Gerigk T., Burciu Z., 2014. Inflatable liferaft design for operation – novel solutions 20th International Conference on Hydrodynamics in Ship Design and Operation. HYDRONAV 2014, Wrocław, Poland, June 2014
Abramowicz-Gerigk T., Burciu Z., 2012. The influence of coordinator on the reliability of search and rescue action at sea. Scientific Problems of Machines Operation and Maintenance Nr 1/2012 p. 7-14
Burciu Z., Grabski Fr., 2011.The experimental and theoretical study on the reliability of the life rafts. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 96(2011), p. 1456-146.
Burciu Z., Rusiński E., Stefurak W., Wach Z., 2001. Założenia projektowe urządzenia do podejmowania ludzi z tratew ratunkowych. V Konferencja Naukowa Metody doświadczalne w budowie i eksploatacji maszyn, Wrocław – Szklarska Poręba, 2001, tom I, p. 179 – 190.
Gerigk M., 2004. On a risk-based method for safety assessment of a ship in critical conditions at the preliminary design stage. Polish Maritime Research, No. 1 (39), Vol. 11, p. 8-13
Marchenko A. V. J., 1999. The floating behaviour of a small body acted upon by a surface wave, J. Appl Maths Mechs, Vol. 63, No. 3, p. 471478, 1999.
Raman-Nair W., Power J., Simoes Re A., 2008. Towing dynamics of a liferaft and fast rescue craft in a surface wave, Ocean Engineering 35 (2008), p.1252– 1258.
http://data.tc.gc.ca/archive/eng/innovation/tdc-summary-13000-13041e-887.htm. 2012. The development of an easily recovered liferaft. Transport Canada, Transportation Development Centre, (TP 13041E).
Technical report. 2014. Innovative means of transport for search and rescue at sea. Gdynia Maritime University. Department of Ship Operation. Project No. POiG 01.04.00.00-272/13
Citation note:
Abramowicz-Gerigk T., Burciu Z., Jachowski J., Kornacka E., Stefurak W.: Innovative Liferaft. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 9, No. 4, doi:10.12716/1001.09.04.15, pp. 573-577, 2015
Authors in other databases:
Zbigniew Burciu:
Jacek Jachowski:
Edyta Kornacka:
Wiktor Stefurak: