Large scale airlift experiments for application to deep ocean mining

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 27-36

  Doyle, Richard L ^a   Halkyard, John E ^b  

^a Doyle and Associates   (United States)

^b TECHNIP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLIFT PERFORMANCE; DEEP OCEAN MINING;

DEPOSITS; MANGANESE; MINING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

EID: 37149005492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2007-29641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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