Systematic investigation of lifeboat evacuation performance

Transactions - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Volumn 110, Issue , 2003, Pages 341-360

  Simões Ré, Antonio ^a   Veitch, Brian ^b   Pelley, Dean ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INSTALLATION; LAUNCHING; LIFEBOATS;

EVACUATION SYSTEMS;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 17444444774     PISSN: 00811661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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