Analyzing and predicting underwater hull coating system wear.

The coating system of an aircraft carrier's underwater hull consists of two layers, an anticorrosive under layer and an antifouling upper layer. The antifouling layer is a soft paint designed to ablate, continuously releasing toxins to inhibit marine growth. This feature causes the antifouling...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wimmer, James R.
Other Authors: Whitaker, Lyn R.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31939