Quantitative Assessment of Manned Damage Control Performance

Abstract

New ship manning concepts have resulted in new demands and changing roles for personnel assigned to damage control. The changing force structure requires that designers and operators understand the capabilities of damage control teams. This includes the design, equipment, and doctrinal requirements needed for an acceptable level of ship recoverability. Limited formal structures and validated methods for assessing such capabilities exist. Methods to assess readiness and training requirements suffer from a lack of quantitative or validated approaches. This paper describes the use of manned damage control modeling techniques and readiness assessments to provide a more rational basis to assess damage control manning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 27, 2009
Accession Number
ADA505172

Entities

People

  • Frederic W. Williams
  • Jason E. Floyd
  • John B. Hoover
  • John P. Farley
  • Joseph L. Scheffey
  • Scott A. Hill

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Breathing Apparatus
  • Communication Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Cooling
  • Damage
  • Doctrine
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fire Hazards
  • Fire Protection
  • Lessons Learned
  • Ships
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design