Marine Application of Fiber Reinforced Composites
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2021) | Viewed by 11488
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Interests: fiber-reinforced composites; composite manufacturing; liquid composite molding processes; modeling and simulation; solid-state welding processes; cold spray process; surface engineering
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Interests: composites manufacturing; cold spray process; friction stir welding; natural fiber composites; hybrid composites; mechanichal characterization; impact behaviour of composites; finite element simulations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fiber-reinforced composites have been employed in marine applications for decades, beginning with the manufacturing of ships and vessels. At present, composites are employed in all areas of the marine sector and for a variety of components and structures, including hulls, bearings, propellers, hatch covers, railings, vessels of all types, valves, and other subsea structures. Indeed, the replacement of metals and wood with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials in components and structures offers known advantages, e.g., enhanced corrosion resistance, a lighter weight, no or reduced maintenance, durability, and design flexibility.
On the other hand, the growing of the market for composites has brought about several challenges concerning the development of innovative FRP materials, the establishment of new design guidelines, the development of efficient manufacturing, and development of tools for computational analysis.
The Special Issue aims to highlight recent developments in the area of fiber-reinforced composites in marine applications, including, but not limited, to the following:
- fiber-reinforced composite manufacturing;
- marine composite sandwich structures;
- marine renewable energy devices;
- composites in oil and gas applications;
- underwater constructions;
- underwater repair;
- light marine structures;
- durability of composites in a marine environment; and
- life cycle assessment and disposal of marine composites.
As guest editors, it is our pleasure to invite you to make a valuable contribution to this Special Issue, which aims to present new results from this rapidly expanding field.
Keywords
- advanced composite materials
- hybrid composite materials
- GFRP, CFRP and AFRP manufacturing
- light marine structures
- marine renewable energy
- underwater construction
- repair
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