VELOS: A VR platform for ship-evacuation analysis

Ginnis, AI; Kostas, KV; Politis, CG; Kaklis, PD

dc.contributor.author	Ginnis, AI	en
dc.contributor.author	Kostas, KV	en
dc.contributor.author	Politis, CG	en
dc.contributor.author	Kaklis, PD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:34:50Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:34:50Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0010-4485	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20888
dc.subject	Design for safety	en
dc.subject	Evacuation analysis	en
dc.subject	Ship design	en
dc.subject	Ship-passenger safety	en
dc.subject	Virtual reality	en
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Software Engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Crew activity	en
dc.subject.other	Design for safety	en
dc.subject.other	Design process	en
dc.subject.other	Dynamic specifications	en
dc.subject.other	Evacuation analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Evacuation process	en
dc.subject.other	Geometrical models	en
dc.subject.other	Input datas	en
dc.subject.other	Integrated frameworks	en
dc.subject.other	Method of analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Multi-user	en
dc.subject.other	Multiple user	en
dc.subject.other	On-the-fly	en
dc.subject.other	Passenger ships	en
dc.subject.other	Post processing	en
dc.subject.other	Real-time interactivity	en
dc.subject.other	Ship design	en
dc.subject.other	Ship designs	en
dc.subject.other	Test case	en
dc.subject.other	Topological models	en
dc.subject.other	Virtual environments	en
dc.subject.other	Design	en
dc.subject.other	Feature extraction	en
dc.subject.other	Shipbuilding	en
dc.subject.other	Topology	en
dc.subject.other	Virtual reality	en
dc.subject.other	Ships	en
dc.title	VELOS: A VR platform for ship-evacuation analysis	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.cad.2009.09.001	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2009.09.001	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	"Virtual Environment for Life On Ships" (VELOS) is a multi-user Virtual Reality (VR) system that aims to support designers to assess (early in the design process) passenger and crew activities on a ship for both normal and hectic conditions of operations and to improve ship design accordingly. This article focuses on presenting the novel features of VELOS related to both its VR and evacuation-specific functionalities. These features include: (i) capability of multiple users' immersion and active participation in the evacuation process, (ii) real-time interactivity and capability for making on-the-fly alterations of environment events and crowd-behavior parameters, (iii) capability of agents and avatars to move continuously on decks, (iv) integrated framework for both the simplified and advanced method of analysis according to the IMO/MSC 1033 Circular, (v) enrichment of the ship geometrical model with a topological model suitable for evacuation analysis, (vi) efficient interfaces for the dynamic specification and handling of the required heterogeneous input data, and (vii) post-processing of the calculated agent trajectories for extracting useful information for the evacuation process. VELOS evacuation functionality is illustrated using three evacuation test cases for a ro-ro passenger ship. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	CAD Computer Aided Design	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.cad.2009.09.001	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000283395400009	en
dc.identifier.volume	42	en
dc.identifier.issue	11	en
dc.identifier.spage	1045	en
dc.identifier.epage	1058	en