Analysis of glass fibre reinforced epoxy composite hovercraft hull base

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1453-1458

  Amiruddin, A K ^a   Sapuan, S M ^b   Jaafar, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HULLS (SHIP); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HOVERCRAFT HULL; LOWER DENSITY COMPOSITE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; HULLS (SHIP); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41649106061     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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