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| Davies, Peter; Riou, Luc; Mazeas, Florence; Warnier, Philippe. |
| A study of thermoplastic matrix composites has been performed to investigate their use in underwater applications such as oceanography, submarine, and sub-sea offshore structures. This article first presents six candidate materials. Results from simple mechanical and seawater aging screening tests on flat specimens are then described. Glass/epoxy and carbon/epoxy composites are used as reference materials. Two materials emerged from this process, glass/PEI and carbon/PEEK. Cylinders of both were manufactured and subjected to hydrostatic pressure tests, and results are compared to those for glass/epoxy and carbon/epoxy cylinders of similar geometry. The carbon/PEEK material appeared most promising. It resisted pressures in excess of 90 MPa and was retained... |
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Palavras-chave: Damage tolerance; Glass/PEI; Carbon/PEEK; Aging; Hydrostatic pressure; Cylinder. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-1037.pdf |
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| Messager, Tanguy; Pyrz, Mariusz; Gineste, Bernard; Chauchot, Pierre. |
| This paper deals with the optimal design of deep submarine exploration housings and autonomous underwater vehicles. The structures under investigation are thin-walled laminated composite unstiffened vessels. Structural buckling failure due to the high external hydrostatic pressure is the dominant risk factor at exploitation conditions. The search of fiber orientations of the composite cylinders that maximize the stability limits is investigated. A genetic algorithm procedure coupled with an analytical model of shell buckling has been developed to determine numerically optimized stacking sequences. Characteristic lamination patterns have been obtained. FEM analyses have confirmed the corresponding significant increases of buckling pressures with respect to... |
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Palavras-chave: Experimental results; Optimal design; Buckling; Lamination; Cylinder; Composite. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2002/publication-759.pdf |
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