TY - GEN N2 - Recent events have demonstrated that ship collisions are still happening today. This is not an exception for naval ships, indeed it is a problem. Cases of collisions are the USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain and Helge Ingstad; as a result the Helge Ingstad finally sank. These events show us that despite following the class rules for design and engineering the human factor remains crucial. So we have to be aware and take in to account that factor. As researchers of the Helge Ingstad’s accident concluded: ‘Due to the panic reaction of the crew nearly all watertight doors and hatches were left open’. This paper opens a new view of watertight integrity into naval vessels. The current affairs and author’s work experience led to the idea to prevent incidents like the Helge Ingstad’s sinking. This paper explains the need of innovation and addresses the challenges to be faced. DO - 10.24868/10700 DO - doi AB - Recent events have demonstrated that ship collisions are still happening today. This is not an exception for naval ships, indeed it is a problem. Cases of collisions are the USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain and Helge Ingstad; as a result the Helge Ingstad finally sank. These events show us that despite following the class rules for design and engineering the human factor remains crucial. So we have to be aware and take in to account that factor. As researchers of the Helge Ingstad’s accident concluded: ‘Due to the panic reaction of the crew nearly all watertight doors and hatches were left open’. This paper opens a new view of watertight integrity into naval vessels. The current affairs and author’s work experience led to the idea to prevent incidents like the Helge Ingstad’s sinking. This paper explains the need of innovation and addresses the challenges to be faced. AD - DMO T1 - Automatic opening/closing of watertight frigate doors DA - 2022-10-01 AU - López Griñón, R L1 - https://library.imarest.org/record/10700/files/INEC_2022_paper_64.pdf JF - Conference Proceedings of INEC VL - INEC 2022 PY - 2022-10-01 ID - 10700 L4 - https://library.imarest.org/record/10700/files/INEC_2022_paper_64.pdf KW - Doors KW - Watertight Integrity KW - Automation KW - Reduced Manning KW - Shock KW - Emergency Response TI - Automatic opening/closing of watertight frigate doors Y1 - 2022-10-01 L2 - https://library.imarest.org/record/10700/files/INEC_2022_paper_64.pdf LK - https://www.imarest.org/events/category/categories/imarest-event/international-naval-engineering-conference-and-exhibition-2022 LK - https://library.imarest.org/record/10700/files/INEC_2022_paper_64.pdf UR - https://www.imarest.org/events/category/categories/imarest-event/international-naval-engineering-conference-and-exhibition-2022 UR - https://library.imarest.org/record/10700/files/INEC_2022_paper_64.pdf ER -