@article{GENERAL,
      author = {Molter, L},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7585},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of INEC},
      title = {FAUSST – bridging the gap between steel and fibre  reinforced materials},
      abstract = {For a variety of applications, such as shipbuilding or  automotive, a variety of materials is used in order to meet  certain design constraints or certification limitations.  Within ship building for international waters, different  design codes are distinguished for civil and naval use.  While the SOLAS (safety of life at seas) ship code and the  HSC (high speed craft) code have strict regulation in the  use of composite materials, some naval rules enable such  materials already leading to ship designs e.g. the Visby or  Zumwalt class. However, the joining of multi-material  structures remains challenging from a technical and  regulative point of view.

Composite materials aboard of  ships has a variety of benefits, such as weight reduction,  fuel reduction, increased corrosion resistance and the  ability to use different innovative design solutions.  Nevertheless, these benefits have to be pondered against  the higher material and process costs. Moreover, strict  design rules according to naval requirements, e.g. shock  resistance, impact, etc. need to be met for the materials  as well as their joints.

The presented developments focus  on one of the process challenges needed, being the joining  of a steel structure and a composite material. Within the  shipbuilding industry the preferred joining mechanism is  welding, whereas other procedures such as bonding or  riveting are complex in several manners, e.g. approval. To  overcome this challenge FAUSST, a joint based on a hybrid  knitted fabric, has been developed. This fabric is composed  of steel and glass fibres in a way that a transition  element is created, thereby effectively bridging both  materials. It can be welded on one side to a metallic  structure and integrated on the other side into a FRP.  Depending on the design of the transition element loads of  up to 240 kN per meter joint can be transferred in the  presented design with an overlap length of only 10 mm. This  transition element, therefore, may lead to more  sophisticated designs using composite materials.},
      number = {GENERAL},
      recid = {7585},
      address = {2018-10-02},
}