Hydrodynamics of a ship/whale collision

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 10-19

  Silber, Gregory K ^a   Slutsky, Jonathan ^b   Bettridge, Shannon ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Ship strike; Whale vessel collisions

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CONTAINER SHIP; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HULL; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 77955274100     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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