Predicting the creep lifetime of HMPE mooring rope applications

OCEANS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vlasblom, M P ^a   Bosman, R L M ^a  

^a DSM Dyneema   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING;

CONSTANT LOADING; CREEP RATES; HMPE FIBERS; IRREVERSIBLE DEFORMATION; UPDATED MODEL;

ROPE;

EID: 50949131111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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