Marine Application of Fiber Reinforced Composites: A Review

Components and structures working in the marine environment are exposed to high stresses attributable to the action of wind, waves, and tides. Moreover, they have to face hostile and severe environmental conditions during their lifetime, being placed in the splash zone if not even submerged in saltw...

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Published inJournal of marine science and engineering Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 26
Main Authors Rubino, Felice, Nisticò, Antonio, Tucci, Fausto, Carlone, Pierpaolo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2020
Subjects
advanced composite materials
afrp
Aluminum
Armed forces
Carbon fibers
cfrp
Components
Composite materials
Corrosion resistance
Costs
Design
Environmental conditions
Environmental management
Fiber composites
gfrp
Hulls
hybrid composite materials
Libraries
lightest marine structure
Manufacturing
Marine energy
Marine environment
marine renewable energy
Marine systems
Offshore
Offshore engineering
Offshore structures
Polymer matrix composites
Polymers
Polyvinyl chloride
Propeller blades
Publishing
Renewable energy
Renewable resources
repair
Resins
Resource management
Saline water
Seawater
Shear strength
Ship components
Ship hulls
Shipbuilding
Ships
Splash zone
tidal turbines
Turbine blades
Turbine engines
Turbines
Underwater
underwater construction
Wind
Wind power
Wind turbines
United States > US
Sweden
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Summary:Components and structures working in the marine environment are exposed to high stresses attributable to the action of wind, waves, and tides. Moreover, they have to face hostile and severe environmental conditions during their lifetime, being placed in the splash zone if not even submerged in saltwater. The application of polymer composites in marine systems has been the focus of intensive studies in the last decades, highlighting potential benefits given by the replacement of several components, such as ship hulls, propeller blades, wind, and tidal turbine blades, to cite but a few. The present paper reports the latest advances in this area, addressing the applications of advanced composites in ships and ship components, offshore oil and gas composites, marine renewable energy and underwater repairing.
ISSN:2077-1312
2077-1312
DOI:10.3390/jmse8010026