Engineering and production technology for lightweight ship structures, Part II: Distortion mitigation technique and implementation

Journal of Ship Production

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 82-93

  Huang, T D ^a   Conrardy, C ^b   Dong, P ^c   Keene, P ^a   Kvidahl, L ^a   Decan, L ^d  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION MITIGATION; SHIP STRUCTURES; SHIPBOARD APPLICATIONS; VESSEL STABILITY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; NAVAL ARCHITECTURE; SHIP EQUIPMENT; STEEL;

SHIPBUILDING;

EID: 34547279593     PISSN: 87561417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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