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Handbook of Adhesion Technology

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This chapter describes the use of adhesive bonding to assemble structures in the marine industry. The marine environment is extremely aggressive, and this has resulted in widespread use of fiber reinforced composite materials. Adhesive bonding is a lightweight and corrosion resistant means of joining these materials. The main emphasis of this chapter will, therefore, be on the assembly of composites, though some examples of metal bonding will also be discussed. Three industrial applications are used to illustrate the use of adhesive bonding; small pleasure boats, high performance racing yachts, and bonded structures in the offshore industry. Each has specific design requirements, and there is no single marine adhesive suitable for all structures, but the requirement for long-term durability in a seawater environment is common to all these applications.

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Acknowledgments

The author is grateful to the many colleagues who have contributed to the work described in this chapter. At IFREMER these include Dominique Choqueuse, Albert Deuff, Nicolas Lacotte, Henri Loaec, André Kerboul, Luc Riou and Trung Phan. The PhD thesis work of Mélanie Bordes, performed in collaboration with IFP and INSA Lyon, forms the basis for the section on marine durability. Valuable contributions and illustrations from J. Steen (Ameron), J.-F. Chatrel, M. Ketelaars, C. Vanasten, W. Langezaal (Bostik), F. Magendie (Huntsman), G. Pawar, S. Sinai (Plexus), and P. Jousset, L. Egli (Sika) are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Peter Davies

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec), Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

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  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

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Davies, P. (2011). Marine Industry. In: da Silva, L.F.M., Öchsner, A., Adams, R.D. (eds) Handbook of Adhesion Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01169-6_48

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