Numerical modeling and design of inflatable structures - Application to open-ocean-aquaculture cages

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-303

  Suhey, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Kim, Nam H ^a   Niezrecki, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c United Space Alliance LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Inflatable structure; Open ocean aquaculture cages; Parameter study

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AQUACULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMEMBRANES; OCEAN STRUCTURES; TENSILE TESTING;

ARTIFICIAL SHELLS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; MODIFIED BEAM THEORY; OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE CAGES;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

AQUACULTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; OCEANS; TENSILE TESTS; WATER BIOLOGY;

EID: 23744447381     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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