A design methodology for welded structures to be used on U.S. Navy surface combatant ships

The objective of this work is to integrate manufacturing considerations of arc welding processes in the early stages of welded structures design. This is accomplished through the development of a framework that allows design engineers to investigate the appropriate trade-offs between deposition...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christein, John Paul
Other Authors: Systems Engineering
Format: Dissertation
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40879
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02022010-020042/