January 2012
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 52m
English
P. Davies and D. Choqueuse, IFREMER, France
H. Devaux, HDS, France
Composites are widely used in marine applications and there is considerable experience of their behaviour in service. This chapter first describes the different materials used for marine structures. Then a series of tests which have been developed to simulate the loading of marine structures, both for surface vessels and underwater structures, will be presented, and examples of failures will be described.
Key words
marine structures
structural tests
sandwich material
hydrostatic pressure
impact
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