Strategy for developing a future support system for the Vasa warship and evaluating its mechanical properties

Heritage Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lechner, Thomas ^a   Bjurhager, Ingela ^b   Kliger, Robert I ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Non destructive testing (NDT); On site assessment; Polyethylene glycol (PEG); Timber structures; Vasa oak; Vasa warship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894493972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7445-1-35     Document Type: Review

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