The structural performance of a symmetric steel to composite bonded joint has been examined. Numerical predictions and experimental results on the mechanical strength of the joint are presented. The experimental data and the findings from this study provide useful guidelines to ship designers for using large composite structural components in steel ships.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
HENTINENM. and HILDEBRANDM.: Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST 95), Lubeck-Travemunde, Germany, September 1995, Vol. 2, pp. 365–376.
2.
LE LANJ. Y., LIVORYP., and PARNEIXP.: Proc. ‘Colloquia sandwich construction 2’, Gainesville, USA, 1992.
3.
Engineering Mechanics Research Corporation:‘User's manual of NISA II (version 92)’Troy, MI, USA, 1992.
4.
GIBSONA. G., WuY., CHANDLERH. W., and WILCOXJ. A. D.: Compos. Mater. Petroleum Ind., 1995, 50, (1), 69–74.
5.
IMO: International code of safety for high-speed craft, Ch. 7, Fire Safety; 1974.
6.
SMITHC. S.: ‘Design of marine structures in composite materials’; 1990, Amsterdam, Elsevier.
7.
CHAMISC. C. and MURTHYP. L. N.: J. Reinf. Plast. Compos., 1991, 10, 29–41.
8.
HAWKINSG. L. and SHENOIR. A.: Proc. ICCM9 ‘Composites design’, 1993, Vol. 4, pp.97–103.
9.
HuF. Z. and SOUTISC.: Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on ‘Deformation and fracture of composites’, UMIST, UK, March 1997, Institute of Materials, pp 609-618.
10.
ODIR. A. and FRIENDC. M.: Proc. ECCM-8, Naples, Italy, June 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 39–46.
11.
British Standards Institution: BS5350, part C5, ‘Bond strength in longitudinal shear’, 1990.
