INDEX 



Compressive elastic constants, 6-9, 6-11, 



6-13 

 Compressive load, critical, composite lam- 

 inate, design example, 6-46 to 

 6-48 

 mat laminate, design example, 6- 

 43, 6-44 

 Compressive modulus, 6-6 

 Compressive strain, design example, 6-1 5 



to 6-17 

 Compressive strength, laminates, 5-14 

 modulus (table), 5-23 

 Poisson's ratio (table), 5-23 

 table, 5-22 

 Compressive stress, 2-10, 6-8 



slenderness ratio versus, cloth-polyester 

 laminates, 6-39 

 mat-polyester laminates, 6-37 

 woven roving-polyester laminates, 

 6-38 

 Connections, appendage, 3-14 

 rudder, 3-14 

 shaft, 3-14 

 bolted, laminate bearing strength 



(table), 3-16 

 fasteners, mechanical, 3-15 to 3-21 

 bolted, 3-15, 3-16 

 threaded, 3-17 to 3-21 

 fitting, 3-10 to 3-14 



loads, pulling, 3-12 to 3-14 

 pushing, 3-10 to 3-12 

 laminate, 3-2 to 3-9 



bulkhead or frame to deck or shell, 



3-8, 3-9 

 cabin trunk to deck, 3-9 

 deck to shell, 3-2 to 3-5 

 gunwale, 3-5 

 keel ballast to hull, 3-8 

 repair joint, 3-8 

 shell to keel, 3-5 to 3-8 

 outfit, 3-14, 3-15 

 Constants, compressive elastic, 6-9, 6-1 1, 

 6-13 

 physical, 6-8 



tensile elastic, 6-9, 6-10, 6-12 

 Construction, hull, 2-2 to 2-8 

 composite, 2-7, 2-8 

 fiberglass, wood frame and plank, 



2-2 

 sandwich, 2-6, 2-7, 6-180 to 6-191 

 single skin, with framing, 2-3 to 2-6 

 unstiffened, 2-2, 2-3 

 Contact molding, 4-17 

 Core materials, 2-7 



low density (see Low density core 

 materials) 

 Crazing, shop practice, 5-34 

 Creep, laminates, 5-27 to 5-31 

 Crew boat, offshore, 1-6 

 Crossing, knife edge, 3-24, 3-25 

 Cruiser, cabin, hull design example, 

 2-59 to 2-67 

 design, 2-61 to 2-67 

 dimensions, 2-59 



Cruiser, cabin, scantlings, summary, 2- 

 59 to 2-61 



Cures, heat, 4-17 



room temperature, 4-17 

 shrinkage, shop practice, 5-3 5 



Data presented, 1-7 to 1-9 

 Day cruiser, 1-4 

 Deborine hull, 2-4 



Deck, laminate connections, to bulkhead 

 or frame, 3-8, 3-9 

 to cabin trunk, 3-9 

 to shell, 3-2 to 3-5 

 strength criterion, design loading, 2- 

 23, 2-24 

 Deflection, cantilever sandwich beam, 

 design example, 6-182 to 6-184 

 summary, 6-189 

 Delaminations, shop practice, 5-34 

 Design details, 3-1 to 3-25 

 connections, appendage, 3-14 

 fitting, 3-10 to 3-14 

 laminate, 3-2 to 3-1 1 

 outfit, 3-14, 3-15 

 fasteners, mechanical, 3-15 to 3-21 

 loads, application, 3-1, 3-2 

 trouble causing, 3-21 to 3-25 

 Die molding, matched, 4-19 

 Directional characteristics, 6-5 to 6-14 

 Directional properties of laminates, 5-1, 

 5-2 



Elasticity, modulus, design example, 6- 



29, 6-30 

 Elongation, composite laminate at angle 

 to warp, design example, 6-30 to 

 6-33 

 various laminates, design example, 6- 

 23 to 6-25 

 Engine bearers, fitting connections, 3-10 

 Engine mounts, fitting connections, 3-10 

 Engineering properties of laminates (see 



Properties of laminates) 

 Environment factors affecting engineer- 

 ing properties, 5-35 to 5-38 

 chemical resistance, 5-37, 5-38 

 loading, long term, 5-38 

 water immersion, 5-35, 5-36 

 weathering, 5-36, 5-37 

 Epoxy resins, 4-12 

 Equivalent laminate, 6-57 

 Express carrier, 1-4 



Factor of safety, 6-18, 6-19 

 Fairwater, submarine, 1-6 

 Fasteners, bolted, insert for, 3-21 

 mechanical, 3-15 to 3-21 



bolted connections, 3-15, 3-16 

 threaded, 3-17 to 3-21 



direction for, right and wrong, 



3-17 

 holding forces (tables), 3-17, 3- 



19, 3-20 

 insert for, 3-21 



Fasteners, mechanical, threaded, loading 

 directions, 3-17 

 screws, 3-14, 3-15 

 tables for determining, 3-19, 3- 

 20 

 Fatigue, laminates, 5-26, 5-27 

 Fatigue strength, low density core mate- 

 rials, 5-40 

 Fillers, 4-13 

 Finishes, 4-10 



Fitting connections, 3-10 to 3-14 

 pulling loads, 3-12 to 3-14 



chain plate attachments, 3-13 

 pushing loads, 3-10 to 3-12 

 engine mounts, 3-10 

 mast steps, 3-10 to 3-12 

 Fittings, attachment, 3-12 to 3-14 

 Flagstaff fittings, connections, 3-14 

 Flexural modulus, 6-8 

 Flexural strength, 5-14 

 creep, 5-27, 5-29, 5-30 

 fatigue, 5-27 



low density core materials, 5-39 

 modulus (table), 5-21 

 table, 5-20 

 Flexural stress, 6-8 

 Flexure, 6-48 to 6-79 



plates, simple one-way, 6-48 to 6-61 

 design examples, 6-52 to 6-61 

 moment of inertia, 6-49 to 6-51 

 section moduli (graphs), 6-49 to 

 6-51 

 sandwich construction, 6-181, 6-182 

 design examples, 6-182 to 6-191 

 stiffener and plate construction, 6-61 

 to 6-79 

 Floor boards, connections, 3-14 

 Foam, plastic, stiffener and sandwich 



cores, 4-13 to 4-15 

 Foreign inclusions in laminates, shop 



practice, 5-3 5 

 Frame, laminate connections to deck or 



shell, 3-8 to 3-9 

 Framing, hull, side, impact pressures, 

 2-19, 2-20 

 single skin with, 2-3 to 2-6 

 strength criterion, design loading, 

 2-13 to 2-20 



Glass content of laminates, 5-9 



table, 5-12 

 Gunwale, laminate connections, 3-5 



strength criterion, design loading, 2- 

 24 



Hard spots, 3-8, 3-22, 3-23 



Heat cure, 4-17 



Honeycomb, stiffener and sandwich 

 cores, 4-1 5 



Hooke's Law, 6-34, 6-36 



House, large, 1-3 



Hull design, 2-1 to 2-69 



considerations, basic, 2-11, 2-12 

 construction, types, 2-2 to 2-8 



