title: GOALDS--goal based damage ship stability and safety standards.
abstract: The new probabilistic damaged stability regulations for dry cargo and passenger ships (SOLAS 2009), which entered into force on January 1, 2009, represent a major step forward in achieving an improved safety standard through the rationalisation and harmonization of damaged stability requirements. There are, however, serious concerns regarding the adopted formulation for the calculation of the survival probability of passenger ships, particularly for ROPAX and large cruise vessels. The present paper outlines the objectives, the methodology of work and main results of the EU-funded FP7 project GOALDS (Goal Based Damaged Stability, 2009-2012), which aims to address the above shortcomings by state-of-the-art scientific methods and by formulating a rational, goal-based regulatory framework, properly accounting for the damage stability properties of passenger ships and the risk of people onboard.
authors.affiliation: National Technical University of Athens, Ship Design Laboratory, Greece. Electronic address: papa@deslab.ntua.gr.
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papanikolaou
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.forename: Byung Suk
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mains
authors.forename: Odd
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olufsen
authors.forename: Dracos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vassalos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaraphonitis
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005062:European Union; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012449:Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012767:Ships / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Damaged ship stability; Goal-based design; Passenger ship safety; Probabilistic assessment; Risk-based design