Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Coatings in the Laboratory and Field

Abstract

The overall goal of our work was to use laboratory and field testing to expedite the down-select process used to develop nontoxic, foul-release coatings and to develop new methodologies to test the performance of foul-release coatings. We have met our deliverables on the project by; 1) assessing novel coatings in both the laboratory and field to contribute to the down-select process, 2) furthering the development of bryozoans as model organisms for testing coating performance in the lab and field, and 3) assessing seasonal fouling dynamics and seasonal variation in environmental parameters in Morro Bay, thereby contributing to the understanding of how fouling varies by season and geographic location.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 2015
Accession Number
ADA620248

Entities

People

  • Dean E Wendt
  • Grant Waltz
  • Lenora Brewer
  • Lisa Needles

Organizations

  • California Polytechnic State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antifouling Coatings
  • Barnacles
  • Calibration
  • Coatings
  • Department Of Defense
  • Field Tests
  • Fouling
  • Fouling Organisms
  • Governments
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Seasonal Variations
  • Seasons
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Water Jets
  • Water Quality

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.