Index 



Accelerators, 4-1 3 



Air bubbles, laminates, 5-9 



Aircraft, passenger, 1-7 



radome, 1-3 

 Appendage connections, 3-14 



rudder, 3-14 



shaft, 3-14 

 Applications, present, 1-2 

 Attachments, chain plate, 3-13 



fittings, 3-12 to 3-14 

 Autoclave molding, 4-18, 4-19 



Bag molding, 4-1 8 



Ballast, attachment, strength criterion, 

 design loading, 2-25 

 keel, laminate connections to hull, 3-8 

 Behavior of laminates, 6-1 to 6-18 

 compressive and shear strains, design 



example, 6-15 to 6-17 

 directional characteristics, 6-5 to 6-14 

 stress-strain relationship, 6-2 to 6-5 

 tensile physical properties, design ex- 

 ample, 6-14, 6-15 

 tensile stress, design example, 6-17, 

 6-18 

 Bending, composite laminate, design ex- 

 ample, 6-5 5 to 6-61 

 mat or isotropic laminate, design ex- 

 ample, 6-52 to 6-5 5 

 moments, summary, 6-190 

 stiffener and plate section, design ex- 

 ample, 6-7 5 to 6-79 

 stress, longitudinal, 2-1 1 

 Binders, 4-10 

 Bolted connections, 3-15, 3-16 



edge and side distances and bolt spac- 

 ing (table), 3-16 

 fasteners, insert for, 3-21 

 laminate bearing strength (table), 

 3-16 

 Bolts, spacing, 3-1 5 



table, 3-16 

 Bottom pressure, distribution factors, 

 2-17 

 maximum, for high speed planing 

 boats, 2-16 

 Bubbles, laminates, 5-9 

 Buckling, critical shear, cloth or ortho- 

 tropic panel, design example, 

 6-149, 6-150 



Buckling, critical shear, mat or isotropic 



panel, design example, 6-150, 6- 



151 



Buckling loads, critical, cloth laminates 



(tables), all edges clamped, 6- 



140 to 6-144 



all edges simply supported, 6-1 2 5 



to 6-129 

 loaded edges clamped, remaining 

 edges simply supported, 6-13 5 

 to 6-139 

 loaded edges simply supported, 

 remaining edges clamped, 6- 

 130 to 6-134 

 mat laminates (tables), all edges 

 clamped, 6-100 to 6-104 

 all edges simply supported, 6-85 



to 6-89 

 loaded edges clamped, remaining 

 edges simply supported, 6-95 

 to 6-99 

 loaded edges simply supported, 

 remaining edges clamped, 6- 

 90 to 6-94 

 woven roving laminates (tables), 

 all edges clamped, 6-120 to 

 6-124 

 all edges simply supported, 6- 



105 to 6-109' 

 loaded edges clamped, remaining 

 edges simplv supported, 6-1 1 5 

 to 6-119 

 loaded edges simply supported, 

 remaining edges clamped, 6- 

 110 to 6-114 

 Bulkhead, laminate connections to deck 

 or shell, 3-8, 3-9 

 strength criterion, design loading, 2- 

 24, 2-25 

 Butt joints, 3-8 



Cabin, laminate connections to deck, 3-9 

 Catalysts, 4-12 



Chain plate attachments, 3-13 

 Chemical resistance, 5-37, 5-38 

 Cloth laminates, compressive and shear 

 strains in, design example, 6-15 to 

 6-17 

 compressive stress versus slenderness 



ratio for, 6-39 

 critical buckling loads (tables), all 

 edges clamped, 6-140 to 6-144 



Cloth laminates, critical buckling loads 

 (tables), all edges simply sup- 

 ported, 6-125 to 6-129 

 loaded edges clamped, remaining 

 edges simply supported, 6-13 5 to 

 6-139 

 loaded edges simply supported, re- 

 maining edges clamped, 6-130 

 to 6-134 

 plates, laterally loaded (table), 6-164 



to 6-168 

 slenderness ratios for (table), 6-42 

 under tensile load, design example, 

 6-22 

 Cloth reinforcements, 4-7 to 4-9 

 advantages, 4-8 

 disadvantages, 4-9 

 plain weave, 4-7 

 satin weaves, 4-7 

 unidirectional, 4-8 

 Coast Guard, U.S., regulations, 2-24 

 Column characteristics of laminates, 6- 

 34 to 6-48 

 critical buckling load, 6-36 

 design examples, 6-43 to 6-48 

 effective length, 6-3 5 

 slenderness ratio, 6-36 



compressive stress versus, 6-37 to 



6-39 

 tables, 6-40 to 6-42 

 Combination reinforcements, 4-9 

 Composite laminates, bending, design ex- 

 ample, 6-5 5 to 6-61 

 compressive load in, design example, 



6-46 to 6-48 

 hull construction, 2-7, 2-8 

 orthotropic, tension, 6-22, 6-23 



design examples, 6-23 to 6-33 

 Compression, 6-33 to 6-48 



column characteristics, 6-34 to 6-43 



design examples, 6-43 to 6-48 

 flat rectangular plates loaded in, 6-79 

 to 6-84 

 design example, 6-145 to 6-147 

 tables, 6-8 5 to 6-144 

 Poisson's ratio in, test procedure, A-l 

 sandwich construction, 6-190, 6-191 

 short members, 6-3 3 



design example, 6-33 

 woven roving laminate, design exam- 

 ple, 6-44 to 6-46 



