PIERS Online Vol. 3 No. 8 2007 pp: 1208-1212

A Finite Difference Frequency Domain Study of Curvature Lifted Modes Degeneration

Christos S. Lavranos and George A. Kyriacou

doi:10.2529/PIERS070220133317

Abstract:

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