Development and implementation of a design for safety procedure for search and rescue craft

A celebration of academic and industry collaboration: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Maritime Engineering innovation

“…But there are also clear increases and diversification of RNLI activities in the early 2000s including the formation of the beach lifeguard and flood rescue services, both initiating new research areas in academia. 5,6 The Advanced Technology Partnership at Southampton was also officially started in 2001, consolidating burgeoning academic links in engineering already initiated at Newcastle 7–8 and Southampton 4,9–11 to support the move to composite lifeboats. In 2010, the RNLI ATP’s breadth was expanded to include Southampton’s Centre of Operational Research, Management Sciences & Information Systems (CORMSIS).…”

“…Here, tribology research focussed predominantly on the challenge for the RNLI to better understand the launch slipway interactions with the lifeboats 23 and also on lifeboat engine wear reduction. 24–26 Broadly defining labels for the clusters, NU and the UoS concentrated predominantly on the lifeboats themselves: Newcastle focussing on RNLI interests in safety, 7,8 vessel response and load characterisation, 27–31 and Southampton on high-performance composites, 4,9–11,32–34 fleet life extension 15,32,35,36 and human factors. 37–41 With Professor Trask having moved from Southampton to the UoB, the RNLI have broadened their composites research to include more recent developments in 3D printed thermoplastic sandwich cores.…”