Differential equations governing the geometry of a diamond mesh cod-end of a trawl net

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  O'neill F G ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

DIAMOND MESH COD ENDS; TRAWL NETS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 0031101130     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2787297     Document Type: Article

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