BID FOR LIGHTWEIGHT TOPSIDE STRUCTURES

The Qualify project conducted long term performance tests, beginning with material coupon tests used to determine the material properties, followed by structural details and components (full scale joints).

A pan-industry research consortium investigating the use of composite superstructures in shipbuilding plans to start tests with a demonstration product later this year, writes David Tinsley.

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