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- Title
The role of innovative composite materials in the safe and efficient operation of floating marine structures.
- Authors
Grabian, Janusz; Ślączka, Wojciech; Pawłowska, Patrycja; Kostrzewa, Waldemar
- Abstract
This work indicates that new and innovative materials used in the construction of floating and stationary marine structures can contribute to increased operational safety in addition to reduced service costs and frequency and other reduced operating costs, including the costs of staff and running maintenance. Such materials include metal-ceramic composites whose properties, such as high resistance to abrasive wear, favourable coefficient of friction, good thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion, allow them to be used in tribological pairs in mechanisms, control elements and actuators of various devices operating in marine power plants, thereby increasing their operational reliability. Properties of metal-ceramic composite foams, i.e. vibration and noise damping, good thermal insulation performance, dissipation of electromagnetic waves and absorption of explosive energy, make them ideal for use in shipbuilding and construction of drilling towers, at the same time increasing the levels of comfort during operation. Composite metal-ceramic foams can significantly reduce the effects of fires as they are durable, water-resistant and creep resistant thermal insulators which can limit the destruction (deformation) of steel structures. This paper presents proposals for the application of these materials to selected technical solutions in offshore structures.
- Subjects
OFFSHORE structure design &; construction; OFFSHORE structures; COMPOSITE materials; CARBON composites; CERAMIC metals; HYDRAULIC engineering
- Publication
Scientific Journals of The Maritime University of Szczecin / Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie, 2017, Vol 123, Issue 52, p23
- ISSN
1733-8670
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17402/241