Damage Control Automation for Reduced Manning (DC-ARM) Supervisory Control System Software Summary

Abstract

The development of the DC-ARM Supervisory Control System (SCS) is discussed. The SCS is used to provide situational awareness of a ship casualty to the operator through a variety of means. The SCS currently interfaces and controls the ship's automated fire main, outfitted with smart valves, a high-pressure water mist system, a video over IP system, a door position indication system, and environmental sensors. Testing aboard the SHADWELL demonstrated that situational awareness can be achieved within 5 seconds after the casualty and that automatic fire boundary containment can be completed within 25 seconds. The SCS can also automatically reconfigure damaged ship systems (such as a ruptured fire main) in approximately 1 minute.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2002
Accession Number
ADA400625

Entities

People

  • Frederic W. Williams
  • John P. Farley
  • Ryan Downs

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Automation
  • Boundaries
  • Casualties
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Functional Analysis
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Personnel Management
  • Simulators
  • Situational Awareness
  • Supervisory Control
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

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