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en-US en-US en-USJuly 2012 en-USwww.sname.org/sname/mt en-US (en-USglossary en-US)Code on Noise Levels on board Ships: noise criteria established by the International Maritime Organization Cone calorimeter: instrument used to measure heat release in re behavior testing DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Evacuability: a measure of passenger vessel evacuation at sea Fire Dynamics Simulator: a computational uid dynamics model of re-driven uid ow, administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Full Mission Visual Bridge Ship- handling Simulator (VBSS): simulator system used at the United States Merchant Marine Academy to train bridge resource principals in DN460 bridge watchkeeping Guide for Crew Habitability on Workboats: a guide focused on habitability standards onboard workboats, published by the American Bureau of Shipping Guide for Passenger Comfort on Ships: a guide focused on passenger comfort standards onboard vessels, published by the American Bureau of Shipping Heat ux: the rate of heat energy transfer through a given surface Heat release rate (HRR): the rate at which heat is generated by re Hydrocodes: simulation tools used to model threat weapons and surrounding uid media (air and/ or water) LEAPS: Leading Edge Architecture for Prototyping Systems, the United States Navy?s central product model database for early stage design Lumen method: a model for calculating the light level in a room Operating and support cost analysis model (OSCAM): costing model that enables estimating of operating and support costs for ships and shipboard systems leveraging system dynamics simulation POLA: Port of Los Angeles POLB: Port of Long Beach in Southern California Samsung illuminance calculation on deck (SICOD): simulation tool used by Samsung Heavy Industries to simulate lighting for open spaces such as upper decks and passageways Shock theory of uid resistance: method of predicting ship resistance developed by Isaac Newton in the 17th century, and later disproved by subsequent research Spot Sheet Lite: model used in Newport News Shipbuilding?s virtual carrier program to collaboratively plan and train the eet on spotting of aircraft on the virtual carrier?s ight deck and in the hangar bay Standards of training, certication and watchkeeping (STCW): code of mariner competency, amended and formalized by the International Maritime Organization in 1995 Statistical energy analysis (SEA): modeling techniques applied to shipboard challenges WARCON: warghting concepts to future weapon system designs, a program developed by the Oce of Naval Research to integrate virtual ship prototypes and virtual battle spaces Acronyms, names, and terms appearing in this issue