Marine Composites

Part 1: Materials selection and characterisation 1. Materials selection for (marine) composites 2. Reinforcements and resins 3. Core materials for marine sandwich structures 4. Degradation of properties in seawater 5. Multifunctional composite marine structures 6. Magnetorheological (MR) fluids in vibration control 7. Antifouling coatings and systems for marine composite structures

Part 2: Design and naval architecture 8. Fluid-structures interactions (FSI) 9. Naval architecture for composite boats and ships 10. Liquid natural gas carriers 11. Preliminary design of composite catenary risers for offshore structures 12. The application of structural reliability analysis in the design of stiffened composite panels 13. Lightweight superstructures 14. Offshore engineering 15. Offshore wind turbines 16. Floating offshore platforms and marine renewable energy devices 17. Yacht construction Gordon Mucklow/Adaptive Engineering Solutions 100m+ yacht mats 18. Propulsion and propellers 19. Propellers 20. Marine pilings 21. Mooring ropes and tendons 22. Applications of marine composite structures on ice

Part 3: Manufacture and Performance 23. Adhesive bonding 24. Joining and assemby methods for marine composites 25. Joining and assembly methods for marine composite structures 26. Structural reliability and safety assessment of marine composite structures 27. Analytical, numerical, and experimental research on mechanics 28. Dynamic mechanical properties of advanced fibre-reinforced marine composites 29. Vibration and buckling analysis of stiffened composite panels under mixed mode loading 30. Experimental and theoretical approaches to damage assessment in advanced marine 31. Computed tomography analysis of damage in lightweight ship structures subjected to impact loading 32. Underwater impulsive loading 33. Theoretical and experimental approaches to damage assessment in marine structures 34. Numerical analysis of the fatigue behaviour of marine composite structures 35. Degradation of GRFP laminates with nanoparticle modified coatings 36. Life prediction modelling in composite marine structures 37. Life prediction modelling in advanced fibre-reinforced marine composites 38. Fire performance 39. Mechanics of sandwich structures in the marine environment or characterisation of adhesive joints