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MES - Deployment Time

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Marine Evacuation System (MES) chute / platform deployment time - must deploy 100 % complement within 30 min per LSA Code Ch. VI.

Formula

$$ t = t_{deploy} + N / r $$

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SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$N$Persons to evacuatepaxSOLAS passenger cert
$r$Flow through chutepers/minLSA type approval

Sources

  • IMO LSA Code Ch. VI.