Impact loading of lightweight structures; proceedings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Impact loading of lightweight structures; proceedings.

Int'l Conference on Impact Loading of Lightweight Stuctures (2005: Florianopolis, Brazil). Ed. by M. Alves and N. Jones.

WIT Press

2005

610 pages

$349.00

Hardcover

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences; v.49

TK9211

In these 43 articles, all of which were presented at the May 2005 international conference in Brazil, contributors describe their studies of the behavior of lightweight structures subjected to various dynamic loads. In general, topics include material ...

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