
Marine Composites
Design and Performance
Description
Key Features
- Presents a unique, high-level reference on composite materials and their application and use in marine structures
- Provides comprehensive coverage on all aspects of marine composites, including the latest advances in damage modelling and assessment of performance
- Contains contributions from leading experts in the field, from both industry and academia
- Covers a broad range of naval, offshore and marine structures
Readership
R&D, designers, materials engineers, manufacturers, marine scientists, mechanical engineers, civil engineers, coastal engineers, boat manufacturers, offshore platform and marine renewable design engineers
Table of Contents
1. Materials selection for marine composites
2. Thermoplastic matrix composites
3. Experimental and theoretical damage assessment in advanced marine composites
4. Durability Testing and Evaluation of Marine Composites
5. Fire performance
6. Effective Use of Composite Marine Structures: Reducing Weight and Acquisition Cost
7. Core materials for marine sandwich structures
8. Infusion of large marine structures
9. Smart composite propeller for marine applications
10. Structural composite for naval constructions
11. Offshore wind turbines
12. Marine renewable energy (wave and tidal power)
13. Propulsion and propellers
14. Offloading marine hoses: computational and experimental analyses
15. Large Yacht Masts
16. Composite materials for mooring applications: Manufacturing, material characterization and design
Product details
- No. of pages: 528
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2018
- Published: August 20, 2018
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081019139
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081022641