Description:
As part of the Maritime Human Factors activities, the department acquired NTPRO-5000 Full Mission Bridge Simulator and installed at Henry Dyer Building, which is dedicated to research to enhance maritime safety and efficient ship operations. Simulator, which has been functional since March 2020, has the capability to develop different types of ship models, ports and sailing areas while currently has more than 50 different types of ships in 40 different locations and weather conditions around the world, including ice navigation.
More than 50 ship models of
Cargo ship
Passenger and Roro ferries
Fast patrol boats
Cruise ships
Double ended ferries
Tankers
Icebreakers
Naval ships
OSV
Semisubmersible
Jack up rig
Fish boat
Submarine
And Virtual shipyard plugin for importing/customising vessels
40 sea areas with digital model building capabilities
Applications (Tests performed)
Human system interaction,
Human/team performance,
Risk Assessment,
Risk-based design,
Team performance and communication
Accident investigations.
Using the wearable technologies such as EEG and eye-tracking glasses, unique insights are obtained with
regards to human-system integration, workload, human/team performance etc