The Titanic and Lusitania: A final forensic analysis

Marine Technology and SNAME News

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-289

  Garzke Jr , William H ^a   Brown, David K ^b   Sandiford, Arthur D ^b   Woodward, John ^c   Hsu, Peter K ^d  

^a Gibbs and Cox

^b RCNC ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Techmatics

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC ANALYSIS; PASSENGER LINERS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; HULLS (SHIP); IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

SHIPS;

EID: 0030262382     PISSN: 19453582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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