Structural analysis and sizing optimization of a composite advanced sail design concept

Marine Technology and SNAME News

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-70

  Rais Rohani, Masoud ^a   Eamon, Christopher D ^b   Keesecker, Amy L ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

BASELINE MODEL; COMPOSITE ADVANCED SAIL DESIGN; SIZING OPTIMIZATION; SKIN THICKNESS;

SAILING VESSELS;

EID: 21644444215     PISSN: 19453582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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