INDEX 



Hull design, design loading, 2-12 to 

 2-25 

 ballast attachment, 2-25 

 bulkheads, 2-24, 2-25 

 decks, 2-23, 2-24 

 gunwale, 2-24 



shell and framing, 2-13 to 2-20 

 transom, 2-21 to 2-23 

 examples, 2-26, 2-67 



cabin cruiser, 2-59 to 2-67 

 rowboat, 2-26 to 2-29 

 runabout, 2-3 5 to 2-50 

 sailboat, cruising, 2-50 to 2-59 

 open, 2-29 to 2-3 5 

 laminate connections to keel ballast, 



3-8 

 laminates, selection, 2-8 to 2-1 1 



Impact pressure, 2-14 to 2-20 

 Impact strength, laminates, 5-14 to 5-16 

 Impact test equipment, 5-15 

 Impact values, 5-15, 5-16 

 Inertia (see Moment of inertia) 

 Isotropic laminates, bending, design ex- 

 ample, 6-52 to 6-5 5 



tensile strength for, 6-6 



tension, 6-19 to 6-21 



Keel, laminate connections to shell, 3-5 

 to 3-8 



Laminates, 6-1 to 6-191 



bearing strength (table), 3-16 

 behavior, 6-1 to 6-18 

 composite (see Composite laminates) 

 compression, 6-33 to 6-48 

 directional characteristics, 6-5 to 6-14 

 equivalent, 6-57 

 flexure, 6-48 to 6-79 

 foreign inclusions in, 5-3 5 

 isotropic (see Isotropic laminates) 

 orthotropic (see Orthotropic lami- 

 nates) 

 plates (see Plates) 



properties (see Properties of lami- 

 nates) 

 safety, factor of, 6-18, 6-19 

 selection, 2-8 to 2-11 

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

 tension, 6-19 to 6-33 

 type A, 2-8, 2-9 

 type B, 2-9 

 type C, 2-9 

 Landing craft, navy, 1-4 

 Lifeboat, 1-4, 2-1 



Loadings, application of loads, 3-1, 3-2 

 buckling loads (see Buckling loads) 

 considerations, basic, 2-11, 2-12 

 design, 2-12 to 2-25 



safety factors and (table), 2-25 

 strength criterion, 2-13 to 2-2 5 

 ballast attachment, 2-25 

 bulkheads, 2-24, 2-25 

 decks, 2-23, 2-24 



Loadings, design, strength criterion, 

 gunwale, 2-24 

 shell and framing, 2-13 to 2-20 

 transom, 2-21 to 2-23 

 vibration criterion, 2-12, 2-13 

 direction of, right and wrong, 3-1, 



3-2 

 long term, 5-38 

 pulling, 3-12 to 3-14 



chain plate attachments, 3-13 

 pushing, 3-1 to 3-12 

 engine mounts, 3-10 

 mast steps, 3-10 to 3-12 

 uniform (see Uniform load) 

 Low density core materials, properties, 

 5-38 to 5-41 

 flexural strength retention, 5-39 

 shear fatigue strength, 5-40 

 shear strength retention, 5-40 

 table, 5-41 

 tensile strength retention, 5-39 



Mast steps, fitting connections, 3-10 to 



3-12 

 Matched die molding, 4-19 

 Materials, 1-1, 4-1 

 core, 2-7 



(See also Low density core materials) 

 Mat laminates, bending, design example, 

 6-5 2 to 6-5 5 

 compressive stress versus slenderness 



ratio for, 6-37 

 critical buckling loads (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, re- 

 maining edges clamped, 6-90 to 

 6-94 

 critical compressive load, design ex- 

 ample, 6-43, 6-44 

 plates, laterally loaded (table), 6-154 



to 6-158' 

 reinforcement, 4-5, 4-6 

 slenderness ratios for (table), 6-40 

 tensile physical properties, design ex- 

 ample, 6-14, 6-1 5 

 under tensile load, design example, 

 6-20 

 Mechanical properties of laminates (see 



Properties of laminates) 

 Modulus, compressive, 6-8 



compressive strength (table), 5-23 



elasticity, design example, 6-29, 6-30 



flexural, 6-8 



flexural strength (table), 5-21 



rigidity, 6-8 



shear, 6-8 



tensile, 6-8 



tensile strength (table), 5-18 



Molding methods, 4-16 to 4-40 

 autoclave, 4-18, 4-19 

 bag, 4-18 

 contact, 4-1 7 

 cures, heat, 4-17 



room temperature, 4-17 

 matched die, 4-19 



reinforcements, properties and, rela- 

 tionship between, 5-3 

 table, 5-4 

 sprayed reinforcement and resin, 4-19, 

 4-20 

 Moment of inertia, flexure, one-way 

 plates, simple, 6-49 to 6-51, 6-58 

 stiffener and plate construction, 6-61 

 to 6-74 

 Motor support area, dimensions (table), 

 2-21 



Orthotropic laminates, 6-7 

 characteristics, 6-6 



composite, design examples, 6-23 to 

 6-3 3 

 tension, 6-22, 6-23 

 tensile strength for, 6-6 

 tension, 6-21, 6-22 



design examples, 6-21, 6-22 

 Outboard Boating Club of America, 2-21 

 Outfit connections, 3-14, 3-15 



Patrol boat, Coast Guard, 1-6 



Physical properties of laminates (see 



Properties of laminates) 

 Pigments, 4-1 3 



Planing boats, bottom pressure for, maxi- 

 mum, 2-16 

 Plate construction, flexure, 6-61 to 6-79 

 moment of inertia, 6-61 to 6-74 

 section moduli, 6-61 to 6-74 

 Plates, flat rectangular, 6-79 to 6-180 

 loaded in edgewise compression, 

 6-79 to 6-84 

 design example, 6-145 to 6-147 

 tables, 6-85 to 6-144 

 loaded laterally, 6-151 to 6-15 3 

 cloth, 6-164 to 6-168 

 design examples, 6-169 to 6-180 

 mat (table), 6-154 to 6-158 

 tables, 6-154 to 6-168, 6-174, 



6-175 

 woven roving, 6-159 to 6-163 

 loaded in uniform shear, 6-147 to 

 6-149 

 design examples, 6-149 to 6-151 

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

 design example, 6-52 to 6-61 

 moment of inertia, 6-49 to 6-51 

 section moduli (graphs), 6-49 to 

 6-51 

 Poisson's ratio, compressive strength, 5-14 

 table, 5-24 

 test procedure, A-l 

 tensile strength, 5-14 

 table, 5-19 



