Durability of composites in a marine environment 2

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This book presents selected papers from the 2nd Workshop on “Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment”, which was held in Brest, France in August 2016. Providing an overview of the state of the art in predicting the long-term durability of composite marine structures, it addresses modelling water diffusion; damage induced by water accelerated testing, including durability in design; in-service experiences; ocean energy; and offshore applications. Ensuring long-term durability is not only necessary for safety reasons, but also determines the economic viability of future marine structures, and as such, the book is essential reading for all those involved with composites in the marine industry, from initial design and calculation through to manufacture and service exploitation. It also provides information unavailable elsewhere on the mechanisms involved in degradation and how to take account of them. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Nonempirical Kinetic Modeling of Non-fickian Water Absorption Induced by a Chemical Reaction in Epoxy-Amine Networks (Xavier Colin)....Pages 1-18 Influence of Glass Fibre Sizing and Storage Conditions on Composite Properties (Luc Peters)....Pages 19-31 Water Uptake in Polymer Composites with Voids (Leif A. Carlsson, E. Du)....Pages 33-57 Durability of US Naval Composites and Sandwich Structures: Science Framework Considering Multiscale Response in Harsh Sea Environment (Dayakar Penumadu)....Pages 59-74 Statistical Long-Term Creep Failure Time of Unidirectional CFRP (Yasushi Miyano, Masayuki Nakada)....Pages 75-90 Multiphysics Modeling of the Hygro-Mechanical Behavior of Heterogeneous Materials (Alexandre Clément, Sylvain Fréour, Frédéric Jacquemin)....Pages 91-112 Reliability of Composite Marine Structures (A. J. Sobey, J. I. R. Blake, R. A. Shenoi)....Pages 113-134 Multiscale Modelling of Environmental Degradation—First Steps (Andreas T. Echtermeyer, Abedin Gagani, Andrejs Krauklis, Tobiasz Mazan)....Pages 135-149 Present and Future Composites Requirements for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Denis Melot)....Pages 151-172 Composite Materials in Tidal Energy Blades (Matthew Dawson, Peter Davies, Paul Harper, Simon Wilkinson)....Pages 173-194 Influence of Composite Fatigue Properties on Marine Tidal Turbine Blade Design (Vesna Jaksic, Ciaran R. Kennedy, David M. Grogan, Sean B. Leen, Conchúr M. Ó. Brádaigh)....Pages 195-223 Marine Ageing Behaviour of New Environmentally Friendly Composites (Peter Davies, Pierre-Yves Le Gac, Maelenn Le Gall, Mael Arhant)....Pages 225-237 Erratum to: Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment 2 (Peter Davies, Yapa D. S. Rajapakse)....Pages E1-E1