Hydroelastic inflatable boats: relevant literature and new design considerations
Inflatable boats are considerably more flexible than conventional metal or composite vessels. The RNLI have developed an inflatable boat, the IB1, with improved performance which has been attributed to its flexibility or hydroelasticity. Current design methodologies for planing vessels predict the p...
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2012-07-01.
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