Controlling hydroelastic instability of hull panels through structural inhomogeneity

The hydroelastic stability of flexible panels exposed to high-velocity mean flow is of fundamental significance to hull design. It is well-known that a simply-supported flexible panel exposed to increasingly high velocities will succumb to a divergence or static buckling-type instability at a partic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tan, Ben Hoea, Lucey, Anthony, Pitman, Mark
Other Authors: Not listed
Format: Conference Paper
Published: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32842