EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION Dear Reader,
Welcome to the fifth edition of the International Journal of Marine Design. This issue examines the design commonality and innovation opportunities between cruise ships, megayachts and SOVs (Service Offshore Vessels), as well as the TOI of automotive design practices to both helicopters in their role as superyacht tenders and next generation WFSVs. The future challenges of recruiting land based technicians for offshore wind farms from the onshore sector are discussed in the context of WFSV and SOV design. The issue then discusses a series of Human Factors issues, starting with an innovative approach to floating hospitals to address the recent challenges in developing countries caused by the Ebola virus. Then the context of use of Human Centred Design is discussed and the potential of HSI to achieve through life cost reduction.
The first paper is a qualitative study conducted in an authentic passenger ship environment in order to document the characteristics passengers perceive as contributing to the cruise experience, by drawing on Actor-Network Theory (ANT). The
second paper examines the relationship and commonality between contemporary cruise ship
technologically, innovative interior concepts and the possible future evolution of the megayacht. The third paper reports on a collaborative professional practice project engaging in Design-Driven Innovation. The aim of which was to examine a new market sector of a sustainable luxury superyacht based on a catamaran platform for the Chinese market. The forth paper presents a project which engages in Design-Driven Innovation to change the design meaning of the relationship between tender and mothership by developing an Aston Martin helicopter as a Superyacht Vertical Tender. Where the mothership superyacht has the VVIP helicopter as a focal point of the user design experience. The project’s core aim was to create a design that embodied the exclusivity and convenience of helicopter travel with the emotional appeal of the Aston Martin brand.
The fifth paper reviews the SOV design process considerations needed to recruit next generation offshore highly qualified personnel from land-based industries. Where the process needs to focus on making their working and leisure time as comfortable and pleasant as possible. The sixth paper presents an SOV concept which has an innovative WFSV launch/recovery system, enabling a conventional OSV platform to be adapted into a mothership role, resulting in a more cost effective O&M solution. The seventh paper presents an SOV concept design to support an automation approach to offshore wind farm maintenance practices, developed through an implementation of Environmental Psychology and biophilic design. The design process presented is a Transfer of Innovation from interior architecture where it is a well establish approach to produce highly productive and low stress working environments. The potential of this Human Factors focused approach reduce risk and hence operational costs such as insurance is significant. The eighth paper reviews current examples of exterior styling in the commercial vessel industry and the associated benefits to both brand and user (crew). Several exterior styling proposals for a WFSV are presented and reviewed. The ninth paper presents a WFSV parametric design analysis tool which integrates design and operation. Where meta-models developed from O&M model and vessel model enable: optimisation of vessel design for a specific array; development of flexible vessel design; early wind farm feasibility studies. The tenth paper reports on an ethnographic analysis carried out onboard a WFSV to evaluate current navigational practices and other command and control activities specific to WFSV, including technician transfer to the turbine. The ethnographic analysis informed an ergonomic analysis carried out using the Digital Human Modelling (DHM) software RAMSIS, which allowed the bridge displays to be evaluated in the virtual design space.
Paper 11 reviews the HF consideration of a project that proposes a pontoon based medical support vessel concept for 2025. The vessel is towed along the coast of a developing country by tug to the location of major disasters to provide support. It would be operated by NGOs for humanitarian aid as a cost effective alternative to a hospital vessel. Paper 12 reports on a “CoU in Ship Design” workshop that was conducted with 50 final year Bachelor of Engineering undergraduate students. The findings demonstrate the need to include HF and HCD theoretical underpinnings in undergraduate Maritime Design Engineering syllabi. Paper 13 reviews Human Systems Integration as a specific means to derive significant cost savings during the wider build cycle and through-life operation of Naval vessels. Human- system integration is presented as an integral part of meeting the complex challenges posed by advanced technologies and the need to reduce cost. We encourage discussion on published papers, design reviews and articles as well as design perspectives and trends. The editorial board would welcome your contribution to this journal as members of the Marine Design industry.
Kind regards,
Dr Sean McCartan Editor
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