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  • A Study on the Establishment of a Design Procedure for Small-to-Medium 3D-Printed Composite Pipes based on International Classification Society Regulations

  • Su-Lim Lee*, Hyoung-Seock Seo*†

  • * Department of Autonomous Vehicle System Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea

  • 국제 선급 규정 기반 3D 프린팅 복합재료 중소구경 파이프의 설계 절차 정립에 관한 연구

  • 이수림* · 서형석*†

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Correspondence to

  • Hyoung-Seock Seo

  • Department of Autonomous Vehicle System Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: seohs@cnu.ac.kr