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shell plating - the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship

scale, shell, plate - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

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Sulfide particles under stress can nucleate microcracks, which further Loading will cause to coalesce into larger cracks; in fact, this was found to have been the mode of failure in the shell plating of the Titanic.

How did the Titanic sink? Recent engineering evidence suggests that the unsinkable ship experienced a hull failure at the surface and broke into pieces before it went down

Large plastic deformation of the shell plating subjected to various loadings is developed.

Analysis of structural damages in ship collisions based on simplified method

Designed for critically reliable applications requiring extremely small size and light weight, the N-Series connectors offer design-in flexibility in terms of size, termination configuration, hardware and shell plating options, as well as customization freedom.

Nano-miniature connectors. (Top Product)

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