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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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31939 |