Research Project HULLMOS Client Sponsors: European research funding programme Eureka! Project 'HULLMOS-II' - Hull Monitoring System Partners: Smart Fibres, R Rouvari Oy (Finland), Hydrographic and Marine Consultants BV (Netherlands) Challenge To develop monitoring techniques for hulls of catamarans and other fast craft constructed from lightweight materials such as aluminium or ?ber-reinforced composites. To carry out full-scale measuring campaigns on pilot installations to verify system integrity and utility of data provided. Resolution Delivered: Development of three sensor types - SmartPatch, SmartHull LGL and SmartHull SGL - suited to Hull monitoring applications. Quali?cation of the SmartPatch sensor in laboratory tests was successfully made and disseminated. The developed HULLM

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