INDEX 



Poisson's ratio, tension, test procedure, 



A-l 

 Polyester resins, 4-1 1, 4-12 

 accelerators, 4-13 

 air cured, 4-12 

 catalysts, 4-12 

 flexible, 4-11 

 isophthalic, 4-1 1 

 rigid, 4-1 1 



self-extinguishing, 4-11, 4-12 

 semi-rigid, 4-1 1 

 stabilizers, 4-1 3 

 Pontoon camel float, 1-6 

 Preimpregs, 4-9 



Pressure, bottom, distribution factors, 2- 

 17 

 maximum, high speed planing boats, 

 2-16 

 impact, 2-14 to 2-20 

 Propeller shaft, connection, 3-14 

 Properties of laminates, 5-1 to 5-41 

 core materials, low density, 5-38 to 

 5-41 

 table, 5-41 

 directional, 5-1, 5-2 

 factors affecting, 5-33 to 5-3 8 

 environment, 5-3 5 to 5-38 

 shop practice, 5-34, 5-3 5 

 mechanical, 5-14 to 5-31 

 compressive strength, 5-14 



tables, 5-22 to 5-24 

 creep, 5-27 to 5-3 1 

 fatigue, 5-26, 5-27 

 flexural strength, 5-14 



tables, 5-20, 5-21 

 impact strength, 5-14 to 5-16 

 rigidity, 5-31 

 shear strength, 5-14 



table, 5-25 

 table, 5-32 



tensile strength, 5-14 

 tables, 5-17 to 5-19 

 physical, 5-9 to 5-13 

 glass content, 5-9 



table, 5-12 

 specific gravity, 5-9 



table, 5-12 

 table, 5-32 

 thickness, 5-9 

 table, 5-10 

 void content, 5-9 to 5-13 



table, 5-13 

 weight, 5-9 

 table, 5-11 

 reinforcements, and molding methods, 

 5-3 

 table, 5-4 

 test program, 5-3 to 5-9 



data, statistical analysis, 5-6, 5-7, 



5-33 

 fabrication method, 5-5, 5-31 

 laminates, types, 5-5, 5-31 

 main variables, results of investiga- 

 tion, 5-7, 5-8 



Properties of laminates, test program, 

 materials, 5-5, 5-3 1 

 procedures, 5-6, 5-33 

 purpose, 5-3 to 5-5, 5-31 

 supplementary, 5-31 to 5-33 

 tables, discussion of, 5-8, 5-9 



Purpose of manual, 1-9 



Radome, aircraft, 1-3 

 Re-entrant corner, 3-24 

 Reinforcements, 4-1 to 4-10 

 binders, 4-10 

 chopped strands, 4-6, 4-7 

 cloth, 4-7 to 4-9 

 advantages, 4-8 

 disadvantages, 4-9 

 plain weave, 4-7 

 satin weaves, 4-7 

 unidirectional, 4-8 

 combinations, 4-9 

 finishes, 4-10 

 mat, 4-5, 4-6 



and molding methods, relationship be- 

 tween, 5-3 

 table, 5-4 

 preforms, 4-6 

 preimpregnated, 4-9 

 rovings, 4-2 to 4-5 

 spun, 4-4, 4-5 

 unidirectional, 4-2 

 woven, 4-2 to 4-4 

 sizes, 4-1 

 sprayed, 4-19, 4-20 

 table, 4-3 

 Resins, 4-10 to 4-13 

 accelerators, 4-13 

 catalysts, 4-12 

 dryness, shop practice, 5-34 

 epoxy, 4-12 



polyesters (see Polyester resins) 

 richness, shop practice, 5-34 

 sprayed, 4-19, 4-20 

 stabilizers, 4-1 3 

 Rigidity, laminates, 5-3 1 



modulus, 6-8 

 Rocket, Thor-Able, 1-7 

 Room temperature cure, 4-17 

 Rovings, 4-2 to 4-5 

 spun, 4-4, 4-5 

 unidirectional, 4-2 

 woven (see Woven roving) 

 Rowboat, hull design example, 2-26 to 

 2-29 

 design, 2-28, 2-29 

 dimensions, 2-26 

 scantlings, summary, 2-28 

 Rudder, connection, 3-14 

 Runabout, high speed, 1-4 



hull design example, 2-3 5 to 2-50 

 design, 2-37 to 2-50 

 dimensions, 2-3 5 

 scantlings, summary, 2-37 



Safety, design loads and factors of 

 (table), 2-25 

 factor of, 6-18, 6-19 

 Sailboat, cruising, bottom shell laminate 

 for, 2-20, 2-21 

 hull design example, 2-50 to 2-59 

 design, 2-52 to 2-59 

 dimensions, 2-50 

 scantlings, summary, 2-50 to 2- 

 52 

 open, hull design example, 2-29 to 

 2-3 5 

 design, 2-31 to 2-3 5 

 dimensions, 2-29 

 scantlings, summary, 2-31 

 Sandwich construction, 6-180 to 6-191 

 cantilever beam, deflection, design ex- 

 ample, 6-182 to 6-184 

 stresses in, design example, 6-184 

 to 6-189 

 compression, edgewise, 6-190, 6-191 

 flexure, 6-181, 6-182 



design example, 6-182 to 6-191 

 hull construction, 2-6, 2-7 

 Sandwich cores, 4-13 to 4-16 

 foam, plastic, 4-14, 4-15 

 honeycomb, 4-1 5 

 spheres, plastic, 4-16 

 wood, 4-14 

 Screw fasteners, 3-14, 3-15 

 Section moduli, flexure, simple one-way 

 plates, 6-49 to 6-51 

 stiffener and plate construction, 6-61 

 to 6-74 

 Shaft, propeller, connection, 3-14 

 Shear, uniform, plates loaded in, 6-147 

 to 6-149 

 design examples, 6-149 to 6-151 

 Shear modulus, 6-8 

 Shear strain, design example, 6-15 to 



6-17 

 Shear strength, core materials, low den- 

 sity, 5-40 

 laminates, 5-14 



table, 5-25 

 test procedure, A-l 

 Shear stress, 2-6 



Shell, laminated connections, to bulk- 

 head or frame, 3-8, 3-9 

 to deck, 3-2 to 3-5 

 to keel, 3-5 to 3-8 

 strength criterion, design loading, 2- 

 13 to 2-20 

 Shop practice, 5-34, 5-3 5 

 crazing, 5-34 

 delaminations, 5-34 

 foreign inclusions in laminates, 5-3 5 

 resin dryness, 5-34 

 resin richness, 5-34 

 shrinking, curing, 5-3 5 

 voids, 5-34 

 washing, 5-34 

 wrinkles, 5-34 



