Design and Materials Selection for Environmental Friendly Ship Propulsion System

ROLDO, Liane ;KOMAR, Ivan ;VULIĆ, Nenad .
Design and Materials Selection for Environmental Friendly Ship Propulsion System. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 59, n.1, p. 25-31, june 2018. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/sl/article/design-and-materials-selection-for-environmental-friendly-ship-propulsion-system/>. Date accessed: 04 feb. 2026. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2012.642.

Roldo, L., Komar, I., & Vulić, N.
(2013).
Design and Materials Selection for Environmental Friendly Ship Propulsion System.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 59(1), 25-31.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2012.642

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Roldo, L.,Komar, I.,Vulić, N.
2013 June 59. Design and Materials Selection for Environmental Friendly Ship Propulsion System. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering. [Online] 59:1

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Roldo, Liane, Ivan  Komar, & Nenad  Vulić.
"Design and Materials Selection for Environmental Friendly Ship Propulsion System." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 59.1 (2013): 25-31. Web.  04 Feb. 2026

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Roldo, Liane, Komar, Ivan, AND Vulić, Nenad.
"Design and Materials Selection for Environmental Friendly Ship Propulsion System" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 59 Number 1 (28 June 2018)