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Accession number;06A1016287
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| Title;A Questionnaire Survey for Evaluating Ride Comfort of a Passenger Ship |
| Author;
TAMURA Y.
(Osaka Prefecture Univ.)
YOSHIHIRA M.
(Osaka Prefecture Univ.)
ARIMA M.
(Osaka Prefecture Univ.)
IKEDA Y.
(Osaka Prefecture Univ.)
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Journal Title;Kaiyo Kogaku Shinpojiumu (CD-ROM)
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Journal Code:S0108B
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ISSN:
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VOL.19th;NO.;PAGE.ROMBUNNO.66(2006)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.10, TBL.1, REF.8 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;The purpose of this study is to establish a method for evaluating ride quality of passenger ships. The authors have conducted an experiment on board a car ferry running across the Tsugaru-Straits in North Japan. Ship motion of the displacement-type car ferry was measured at the navigation bridge, and a questionnaire survey was also carried out so as to obtain passengers' human factors. The authors have proposed a 'ride comfort index', RCI that considers Weber-Fechner's law, and they demonstrated that a resultant RCI obtained from vertical and lateral acceleration would estimate well ride comfort of a high-speed craft. This paper deals with a questionnaire survey for revealing the relationship between ship motion and passengers' subjective evaluation of ride quality. Motion sickness was evaluated by indices of 'illness ratings' and 'symptom scores'. To conclude, the RCI combining lateral and vertical motions can be a useful index for estimating ride quality of passenger ships. (author abst.) |
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