Journal
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse10060725
Keywords
maritime autonomous surface ships; hybrid causal logic; preliminary hazard analysis; risk assessment; hazard identification
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- Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2019CFA039]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [52071247]
- innovation and entrepreneurship team import project of Shaoguan city [201208176230693]
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In this paper, a hybrid method called hybrid causal logic (HCL) is proposed to conduct a preliminary hazard analysis for level III maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). By combining conventional ship data and MASS experiments, this method analyzes mechanical events, events involving human factors, and their influence on accident probability. The results provide valuable information for MASS design and safety assessment.
Recently, the safety issue of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) has become a hot topic. Preliminary hazard analysis of MASS can assist autonomous ship design and ensure safe and reliable operation. However, since MASS technology is still at its early stage, there are not enough data for comprehensive hazard analysis. Hence, this paper attempts to combine conventional ship data and MASS experiments to conduct a preliminary hazard analysis for autonomy level III MASS using the hybrid causal logic (HCL) method. Firstly, the hazardous scenario of autonomy level III MASS is developed using the event sequence diagram (ESD). Furthermore, the fault tree (FT) method is utilized to analyze mechanical events in ESD. The events involving human factors and related to MASS in the ESD are analyzed using Bayesian Belief Network (BBN). Finally, the accident probability of autonomy level III MASS is calculated in practice through historical data and a test ship with both an autonomous and a remote navigation mode in Wuhan and Nanjing, China. Moreover, the key influence factors are found, and the accident-causing event chains are identified, thus providing a reference for MASS design and safety assessment process. This process is applied to the preliminary hazard analysis of the test ship.
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