(American Helicopter Society Inc, 2008-06-02T00:00:00Z) Hughes, Kevin; Campbell, James C.
This paper discusses in detail the contributions made in the field of water impact from 1982 to 2006 and provides a summaryof the major theoretical, experimental, and numerical accomplishments, up to and including the latest present-day Europeanprograms on helicopter water crashworthiness. A summary of the major findings is presented, and their importance to thedirection of water crashworthiness development is discussed, together with recommendations for future research.