Development of structural modeling techniques for evaluating HDPE plastic net pens used in marine aquaculture

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2124-2137

  Fredriksson, David W ^a   DeCew, Judson C ^b   Tsukrov, Igor ^c  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquacultural engineering; Coastal aquaculture; Finite element analysis; Fish cages

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POISSON RATIO; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

COASTAL AQUACULTURE; CRITICAL LOADING CONDITIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELING TECHNIQUE;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

AQUACULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OCEAN STRUCTURES; POISSON RATIO; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

AQUACULTURE; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FISHING GEAR; MODELING; POISSON RATIO; POLYMER; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34548027286     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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