Reduction of strength due to delamination

[tunnels]

Forgot !!
I am not a believer in mounting floors and engine beds and any major loadings on top of foam cores i have always mount those types of things onto the solid glass so they are completely bonded with at least 120 mm of glass to where the core starts . Low density foams are a reall problem just because the builder want to save a little money or the designer hasnt done his home work or simply dosent know what the outcome can be . It is absolutely scary to see how easy a sheet of glass will peel off a sheet of foam .

[Mr. Curious]

I would like to take part of the content in ISO 12215. Do I have to by this or ...

My intention is to make a test of a piece of laminate by measuring the force needed to pull this laminate apart in Z-direction. Anyone knows what forces that could be expected in a correct laminate i.e. without delamination?

[tunnels]

The core material you will be using will have had all kinds of tests done anyway so just get there report .
The one you wont find anywhere is laminate peel off foam because its scary , So when a core is damaged the peel rate is over the moon . and it one very strong reason for a cruising hull to break the panel sizes into small areas that are surrounded by glass to glass .
Its also very interesting to look carefully at the test results and do a comparison between Balsa and all the differant foams on the market .
An interesting subject to do with all cores is called CORE SHEAR !!

Dont get me wrong every product has its uses and its place in the scheme of things so its the laminate design engineers job to know and understand what each product will or should be able to do .
20% or failures are caused by the wrong choice of materials and the other 80% of failures are from Bad workman ship !!
No news travels faster than bad news

[Landlubber]

Technically the hull can be corrected, economically I doubt it.
The hull/deck joint will be the problem in doing the topsides, and if not done correctly then the integrity of the boat is totally suspect.

I doubt that the "entire hull" has delaminated, the below waterline section is solid glass, not cored as are the topsides.

[girvin]

I agree its a gonner I have done a tone of fiberglass repair work. I only fix delams on deck bc I believe after a hull delams the glass loses its strength. even if injected and compressed back it has flexed too much. when I fix delams on surfboards I have to cut all the glass off that has delamed and replace with new overlaping the good glass by 2 inches. I still tell them it might die a early death. IF you go to swaylocks.com they just did a test with 13 different core mediums.

[girvin]

landlubber said it. If it can be fixed its not economical.

[Tim Judge]

Mr. Curious...is the gel coat blistered and or been repaired where the delamination is found?

[powerabout]

I sailed on a 75' yacht built in the worst yard in Taiwan and in the middle of its layup someone used waxed glass...oops!