Bolted joint studies in GRP
By: David M. Fox
Publisher: Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Bolted joints; Hulls (Naval architecture); Joints (Engineering); Glass reinforced plastics
Other titles: Bolted joint studies in glass-reinforced polymeric materials
Description: Glass-reinforced polymeric (GRP) materials offer certain advantages to the designer of Naval ships. A large strength-to-weight ratio, coupled with electromagnetic transparency and (possibly engineered) sound-dampening properties, render GRP materials as attractive materials for ship decks and deckhouse skins. Unfortunately, these materials, which use a thermosetting resin as a matrix material, cannot be welded as steel can. Thus, if a large structure is to be built of GRP, the inevitable joints must be either adhesively bounded or mechanically fastened. These joining techniques are frequently combined in joints which must support large loads. Because of this, an understanding of the mechanical behavior of joints in GRP is important.
Notes: Thesis (Degree of Naval Engineer and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1994.

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