The use of evacuation modelling techniques in the design of very large transport aircraft and blended wing body aircraft

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1070, 2003, Pages 207-218

  Galea, E R ^a   Blake, S J ^a   Gwynne, S ^a   Lawrence, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY EXITS; BLENDING; RECREATION CENTERS; WINGS;

BLENDED WING BODY (BWB);

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0037959659     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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