Evacuation of passenger ships in rough weather - a study of equipment behaviour and its interaction with human performance

Naval Architect

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2003, Pages 74-88

  Rutgersson, Olle ^a   Tsychkova, Elena ^a   Andersson, Monica ^a  

^a School of Maritime Studies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLIMATOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PASSENGER SHIPS;

SHIPS;

EVACUATION; MARINE EQUIPMENT; PASSENGER SHIP;

MARINE TECHNOLOGY; PASSENGER SHIP; SAFETY;

EID: 0141749156     PISSN: 03060209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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