The numerical simulation of aircraft evacuation and its application to aircraft design and certification

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1016, 1998, Pages 301-312

  Owen, M ^a   Galea, E R ^a   Lawrence, P J ^a   Filippidis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK PERCEPTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LARGE-SCALE AIRCRAFT EVACUATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE AIREXODUS;

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032092158     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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