Design of a 33-knot aluminum catamaran ferry

Marine Technology and SNAME News

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 88-99

  Latorre, R G ^a   Herrington, P D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HULLS (SHIP); STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ALUMINUM CATAMARAN FERRIES; FLOATING FRAME STRUCTURES;

FERRY BOATS;

EID: 0033705653     PISSN: 19453582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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