Back to Search
Start Over
Steady as she goes.
- Source :
-
New Scientist . 05/22/99, Vol. 162 Issue 2187, p15. 2/3p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram. - Publication Year :
- 1999
-
Abstract
- Focuses on the designs of Dracos Vassalos, head of Strathclyde University's ship stability research center, to improve ship building. Winner of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects competition; Details of accidents involving the British car ferry Herald of Free Enterprise and the Baltic ferry Estonia; How Vassalos' design will make ferries safer.
- Subjects :
- *FERRY accidents
*SHIPBUILDING
*ROLL-on/roll-off ships
*ACCIDENTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02624079
- Volume :
- 162
- Issue :
- 2187
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Scientist
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 1873685