Abstract
This chapter presents the key challenges for the future use of composite materials for marine applications. Five technical challenges have been identified: load transfer mechanisms, safety, life cycle assessment, concurrent engineering and structural health monitoring. These are discussed in the following sections of the chapter. The mechanical behaviour of layered orthotropic structures is considered for both adhesively bonded and hybrid joints, and the strength, fatigue, failure prediction, ageing and optimisation of the connections are described. The safety section discusses the challenge of managing variability and uncertainty when constructing bespoke marine craft, where extensive testing and prototyping are not possible, considering fabrication, strength and through-life behaviour. In the life cycle assessment section, environmental impact is considered using an embodied energy approach. Concurrent engineering approaches that incorporate both the design and production functions in a non-sequential manner are particularly important in the marine industry. A future requirement in this field will be the ability to incorporate design history in optimised design solutions. The structural health monitoring section focuses on state-of-the-art inspection techniques such as vibration-based damage identification approaches and other data-rich experimental mechanics techniques for use in repair intervention strategies. The chapter concludes with comments on the future use of polymeric composite materials for structural marine applications.
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The authors are grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their financial support for this research and/or their collaboration:
Aalborg University, particularly Professor Ole Thomsen
AWE, particularly Mr Paul Tatum
British Marine Federation, particularly Mr Nik Parker and Mr Adrian Waddams
Dstl, particularly Professor. Alan Groves
European project EUCLID RTP3.21
Fiberline AS
Fibreforce
Flemmings industrial fabrics
Lloyds Register Education Trust, particularly Mr Vaughan Pomeroy and Mr Michael Franklin
MOD, particularly Professor Jagath Mawella, Mr Bill Gass and Dr. Chris Cole
National Composites Network
Permabond
QinetiQ through the MAST program
RNLI, particularly Mr David Brook, Mr Steve Austen and Dr. Holly Phillips
Streamline Waterjet Cutting
Strongwell (USA)
UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
UK Technology Strategy Board
University of Sheffield, particularly Professor Keith Worden
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Shenoi, R.A., Dulieu-Barton, J.M., Quinn, S., Blake, J.I.R., Boyd, S.W. (2011). Composite Materials for Marine Applications: Key Challenges for the Future. In: Nicolais, L., Meo, M., Milella, E. (eds) Composite Materials. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-166-0_3
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