Hughes, KevinCampbell, James C.2012-11-092012-11-092008-06-02Kevin Hughes and James Campbell. Helicopter crashworthiness: a chronological review of research related to water impact from 1982 to 2006. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Volume 53, Number 4, 1 October 2008, pp. 429-4410002-8711http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/JAHS.53.429http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5677This 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.en-UKHelicopter Crashworthiness Water Impact DitchingArticle