Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 1st International Conference on Advanced Composites for Marine Engineering (ICACME 2013), September 10-12, 2014, Beijing, China.The 43 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Numerical Methods and Analysis, Optimization, Algorithm and Modelling for Materials and Structures; Chapter 2: Applied Mechanics, Structural Analysis, Characterisation and Applications;Chapter 3: Advanced Composite Materials and ProcessesKeyword: Materials science, Advanced CompositesDesigners, engineers and researchers examine composites currently used in civil, commercial, and military marine engineering and review current practices and existing theoretical methods of manufacturing, fabricating, applying, designing, and maintaining composite materials. The 41 papers cover numerical methods and analysis, optimization, algorithms and modeling for materials and structures; applied mechanics, structural analysis, characterization, and applications; and advanced composite materials and processes. Among the topics are scarfing repair parameters for optimizing composite laminates, environmental corrosion resistance in textile-reinforced composites in seawater, and the numerical simulation of ballistic performance of nano-crystalline and nano-twinned ultrafine crystal steel.- Civil engineering- Composite materials- Materials science

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 1st International Conference on Advanced Composites for Marine Engineering (ICACME 2013), September 10-12, 2014, Beijing, China.The 43 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Numerical Methods and Analysis, Optimization, Algorithm and Modelling for Materials and Structures; Chapter 2: Applied Mechanics, Structural Analysis, Characterisation and Applications;Chapter 3: Advanced Composite Materials and ProcessesKeyword: Materials science, Advanced CompositesDesigners, engineers and researchers examine composites currently used in civil, commercial, and military marine engineering and review current practices and existing theoretical methods of manufacturing, fabricating, applying, designing, and maintaining composite materials. The 41 papers cover numerical methods and analysis, optimization, algorithms and modeling for materials and structures; applied mechanics, structural analysis, characterization, and applications; and advanced composite materials and processes. Among the topics are scarfing repair parameters for optimizing composite laminates, environmental corrosion resistance in textile-reinforced composites in seawater, and the numerical simulation of ballistic performance of nano-crystalline and nano-twinned ultrafine crystal steel.- Civil engineering- Composite materials- Materials science