Composite Materials & Design and Failure of Marine Structures
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 (5 December 2023) | Viewed by 1467
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Dear Colleagues,
Maritime components and systems are designed according to high safety and reliability standards, which are necessary to safeguard people and assets, prevent hazardous events, and protect the environment. The recent tragedy in the disaster of the Titan Submersible highlights important questions in the design process of the composite component used in such vehicles. Indeed, the use of fibrous polymer-based composite materials in the design of marine components including submarine parts and ship components has been questioned. This is due to the disadvantage of polymer-based composites encountering various types of damage and fracture events and their tendency to undergo moisture absorption and property degradation, which is accelerated by the harsh sea conditions. However, due to the tremendous advantages of fiber-reinforced composites, many industries, including the aerospace sector, are competing to increase the use of such materials to design complex structures. This motivates the marine industry to continue the research and development in design of complex structures for marine applications. In this regard, many academicians and researchers at universities and R&D organizations are conducting scientific research and experiments to characterize the physical properties and determine the mechanical behavior of advanced composite materials for marine applications subjected to various complex loading and harsh environmental conditions.
In this regard, this Special Issue on “Composite Materials & Design and Failure of Marine Structures” promotes and collects the new developments in composite materials, novel design approaches, structural analysis, and failure concepts for marine applications. It also covers new developments in the science and engineering of theoretical, computational, and experimental mechanics. The research topics include:
- Development of new composite materials,
- Mechanical and physical characterization of composites subjected to marine environmental conditions,
- Numerical and computational modeling of marine components,
- Experimental mechanics and characterization of marine structures,
- Design of composite component,
- Physical behavior of composite materials for marine application that highlights moisture absorption, erosive/corrosive environmental effect, aging, and long-term performance, etc,
- New sciences and Manufacturing of marine components.
Authors are welcome to submit their latest research findings as original full articles, letters, communications, or reviews on these topics.
Dr. Seyed R. Koloor
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- advanced composite materials
- marine application
- design of marine structure and components
- numerical and computational methods
- experimental mechanics
- mechanical behavior
- fatigue and fracture mechanics
- damage mechanics
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