Integrated infection and crowd behavior model for COVID-19 infection risk assessment onboard large passenger vessels

Integrated infection and crowd behavior model for COVID-19 infection risk assessment onboard large passenger vessels

de Haan, N.A. (Student TU Delft)
Kana, A.A. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations)
Atasoy, B. (TU Delft Transport Engineering and Logistics)

2024

The development of the global COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 onward has had significant impact on the world and specifically the maritime industry. Striking examples were COVID-19 outbreaks onboard the Diamond Princess cruise vessel and the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier at the start of the pandemic. Contagious disease management onboard large passenger ships remains a complex issue, amplified by the international character of the industry, confined environment and shared facilities. This paper therefore presents an integrated infection and crowd behavior model used to calculate agent-specific infection risk, incorporating guest and crew circulation through a passenger ship layout. The integrated model is used to investigate the effect of ship layout design, capacity reduction and mask wearing on COVID-19 airborne infection risk onboard large passenger vessels.

contagious disease
passenger vessel
layout design
COVID-19
infection risk

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a71216ce-6416-4081-8430-fb7822f46423

https://doi.org/10.59490/imdc.2024.867

TU Delft OPEN Publishing, Delft

Proceedings of 15th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC-2024)

15th International Marine Design Conference, 2024-06-02 → 2024-06-06, Marine Etablissement Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

International Marine Design Conference, 3050-4864

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2024 N.A. de Haan, A.A. Kana, B. Atasoy