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Concept design of a clinic ship for the health care system in the Peruvian Amazon basin

Diseño conceptual de un buque
hospital para el sistema de salud en la cuenca amazónica
peruana
Mendoza Vassallo, Pedro Nicolás
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Biot, Marco
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Bresciani, Ferruccio
2013
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978-88-8303-505-0
http://hdl.handle.net/10077/8796
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978-88-8303-506-7
Abstract
In the Peruvian Amazon basin rivers are the only link among the small communities, scattered on a wide territory. With that in mind and according to the needs of local communities, a health care network system based on mobile clinic units onboard small crafts has been conceived, within a cooperation programme between the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (Perú) and the University of Trieste (Italy). This way, patients along the inland waterways can be reached. Ships to be operated in this service, must be especially designed to sail in different environmental conditions: in shallow water during dry season, against high currents during wet season and eventually in rivers showing both phenomena. Moreover, manoeuvrability and landing are subjects of major interest in ships designed for these regions. Within this frame, a study has been carried out to define main characteristics for a small clinic ship. General arrangement plans including medical equipment and clinic lay-out have been drawn. Then, according to clinic platform needs, the major engineering aspects of the ship have been studied to a concept design level: main dimensions have been defined and hull geometry has been optimized for waterway navigation; scantling of all the ship’s structures has been completed, based on the most recent rules issued by classification societies and according to EC guidelines for inland navigation; propellers and propulsion plant have been studied on the whole, considering shallow water effects on resistance; intact and damaged stability and buoyancy criteria have been met according to IMO regulations.
En la cuenca peruana del Amazonas los ríos son el único vínculo entre pequeñas comunidades, esparcidas en un amplio territorio. Considerando esto, y las necesidades de poblaciones locales, se ha concebido una red sanitaria basada en unidades clínicas móviles a bordo de barcos, en un programa de cooperación entre la Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo de Chiclayo (Perú) y la Universidad de Trieste (Italia). De este modo, los pacientes en la red fluvial pueden ser alcanzados. Los barcos a operar en este tipo de servicio, deben ser especialmente diseñados para navegar en diferentes condiciones: en aguas poco profundas durante la estación seca, contra fuertes corrientes durante la estación lluviosa y eventualmente en ríos presentando ambos fenómenos. Además, la maniobrabilidad y el atraque son de gran interés en barcos diseñados para estas regiones. Dentro de este marco, se ha realizado un estudio para definir las características principales de un buque hospital. Los planos generales, que contienen los equipos médicos y la distribución de espacios, se han diseñado. Luego, según las necesidades de la plataforma clínica, los principales aspectos ingenierísticos del barco se han diseñado hasta un nivel de diseño conceptual: se han definido las dimensiones principales y la geometría del casco se ha diseñado específicamente para navegación interna; el escantillonado de todas las estructuras se ha completado, usando los más recientes reglamentos dados por entes de clasificación y de acuerdo a normativas CE para navegación interna; las hélices y el sistema propulsivo se han estudiado por completo, teniendo en cuenta efectos de baja profundidad sobre la resistencia al avance; la estabilidad en caso íntegro y de falla y los criterios de flotación se han comprobado de acuerdo a regulaciones OMI.
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  • clinic ship

  • concept design

  • inland navigation

  • amazon basin

  • health care network

  • shallow water effect

  • buque hospital

  • diseño conceptual

  • navegación interna

  • cuenca amazónica;

  • red sanitaria

  • efecto de baja profun...

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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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Pedro Nicolás Mendoza Vassallo, Marco Biot, Ferruccio Bresciani, "Concept design of a clinic ship for the health care system in the Peruvian Amazon basin", in: Alberto Francescutto, Manuel Arcenio Urcia Larios, Gabriele Bulian (eds.), "Safety and energy efficiency in river transportation for a sustainable development of the peruvian Amazon region. First International Conference, 17th-19th July 2013, Iquitos, Peru", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2013, pp. 03-1 – 03-19.
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