Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2023
Safe use of aluminium in marine multi-material structures
Standards Aluminium alloys have successfully been used in marine environments for many decades due to several specific advantages which the element offers. In order to use it safely and sustainably, however, there is a need to provide the knowledge and documentation required to improve current standards and design codes, write Ole Øystein Knudsen and Otto Lunder from the research organisation SINTEF and Jon Aaby Møretrø from Hydro Aluminium.