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Structural Testing And Analysis Of Hybrid Composite/Metal Joints For High-Speed Marine Structures, Jean Paul Kabche

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The implementation of composite materials in engineering applications has observed a rapid increase over the last few decades. The U.S. Navy currently has an objective to enhance its future naval capabilities by developing hull-forms with advanced materials, including composites. Speed can be increased by reduction in weight and by incorporating innovative shaping of the hull-form, which can potentially be achieved with composites. Any naval vessel using composite materials for structural components will require hybrid connections of some sort, where composite sections are joined to metallic sub-structures. Joints are critical regions in the design of hybrid systems, as failures typically occur …