Review of water entry with applications to aerospace structures

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1045-1067

  Seddon, C M ^a   Moatamedi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace structures; Crashworthiness; Historical review; Water entry

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CALCULATIONS; CRASHWORTHINESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

AEROSPACE STRUCTURES; HISTORICAL REVIEW; WATER ENTRY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 29144486124     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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