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Selection of materials is very important in structure design, because it directly affects ship cost and strength. Hence, the structure designer should know well the characteristics of materials, especially newly developed ones.

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Okumoto, Y., Takeda, Y., Mano, M., Okada, T. (2009). Materials. In: Okumoto, Y., Takeda, Y., Mano, M., Okada, T. (eds) Design of Ship Hull Structures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88445-3_6

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