Site Concept

This website was set up following a Symposium & Workshop organised by Human Sciences & Engineering Ltd, and held at the RNLI College in Poole, UK (February 2005).

It was supported by the US Office of Naval Research Global and the UK Defence Procurement Agency Sea Technology Group

The international group of Subject-Matter-Experts in attendance were interested in continuing the discussions initiated at the meeting and therefore this website was established to facilitate this interaction.

The objectives of the symposium and workshop were:

• Highlight the human factors limitations of HSC operations
• Outline the proposed EU vibration-at-work legislation
• Highlight current planning craft modelling techniques
• Highlight current research being undertaken
• Identify and document current and potential shock mitigation technologies/techniques
• Produce consensus statements on the following topics:
  

  > Shock and vibration measurement and analysis techniques specific to HSC to allow valid comparisons of data collected from different sources. > The implementation of the EU vibration at work legislation for HSC > Motion-induced-fatigue/performance degradation experienced on HSC and its assessment techniques > Modelling of the risk of injury from shock and vibration

• Identify a roadmap for future research to enhance HSC operational performance, reduce the risk of injury to personnel, and address the implementation of new legislation
• Establish personal links between researchers in different institutes/laboratories to enhance cooperative and collaborative working
• Identify methods for facilitating future collaboration/cooperation between organisations/agencies
• Disseminate the outputs of the meeting (presentations, consensus statements, etc) via appropriate channels.

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