In the last years, the idea of implementing “greener” and sustainable solutions merged with the basic principles of life cycle assessment concept has turned to be of paramount importance for the boatbuilding industry. In this framework, construction technologies based on wood such as strip-planking represent possible solutions, as they allow the use of a natural-grown material for attaining...
Since early 1960s the marine industry has experienced an increasing use of composites from small boats to submarines. Traditional marine composites are woven glass/carbon reinforced thermosetting polyester/vinyl ester resins produced by hand lay-up, but the development of low-styrene emission resins, the vacuum resin infusion process and stitched fabrics have all contributed to improve...
In recent years, the maritime sector has become increasingly interested in environmental sustainability issues, leading to the development of innovative technologies and materials. Seldom these solutions were analyzed with a life cycle approach and, when this has been done, the studies have been carried out without a reproducible methodology.
The lack of a standardized methodology based on...
Ship structures are subjected to various types of loads during their lifetime. Different numerical methods exist to determine the ultimate bending moment of ships by taking the strength reduction of structural members into account. The Finite Element Method (FEM) as well as Smith’s method are feasible tools to perform progressive collapse analyses of large structural systems under...
The need of lowering the weight of ships makes it crucial to have superstructures made of aluminum alloy and the ship hull made of steel. Within this context, the connection between the two different metals becomes crucial as different metals are hardly weldable using traditional techniques. Thus Structural Transition Joints are extremely important. One of the most promising welding techniques...
