3. Materials
The materials used for the marine applications considered here are of two types:
monolithic composites, in epoxy or vinylester resins, reinforced with carbon fibres;
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sandwich materials [4].
Sandwich materials are composed of the same skin composites on an expanded foam or honeycomb core. These two types of material encompass many nuances, in terms of fiber type, orientation and dimensions.
A final material, also very important in shipbuilding, is adhesive.
3.1 Reinforcements
Table 2 lists the most common reinforcements,...
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Bibliography
File references
Main suppliers
(non-exhaustive list)
• Hexcel ( www.hexcel.com/ )
• Structil ( www.structil.fr/ )
• Airex ( www.alcanairex.com/...
Organizations and laboratories
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• END ( www.fin.fr/ )
• IFREMER ( www.ifremer.fr/ )
Standards
- Hull construction – Sampling – Part 5: Design pressure for monohulls, design constraints, determination of sampling - • ISO 12215 - 2006
• ISO 527 – Plastics. Determination of tensile properties 20/09/2007 (date of European confirmation of the standard)
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