Quality of sandwich composites and composite-steel joints in response
to fatigue, impacts, explosions, and design parameters

Objective: Methods and tools for hull monitoring in composites ships, together with manufacturing methods for composites. These methods can be used for monitoring, at manufacturing, and for ships at sea, saving time in dock.

Budget: 9 MSEK (KK Foundation), BTH 4.5 MSEK 

Time: 2011-2013

Partners: Kockums Karlskronavarvet AB (Thyssen Krupp), DIAB AB,
and Baltic Engineering AB

Main applicant and project leader: Prof Claes Hedberg
Participants: Claes Hedberg, Babak Khoda Bandeloo, Oleg Rudenko, Ansel Berghuvud