摘要 |
A structure comprises a first component, eg a disk-shaped antennals, subject to loading and connected to a second component, eg volume 1, via a load transmitting member 15 so that the loading exerted by the first component 6 is imposed on the second component 1. The first component 6 includes a surface 13' secured to a complementary first surface of said load transmitting member 15 and the second component 1 includes a surface 17 secured to a complementary second surface of said load transmitting member 15. The load transmitting member 15 and the second component 1 are formed of materials having relatively superior and inferior mechanical properties, respectively and the area of said surface 17 of the second component 1 is greater than the area of said surface 13' of the first component 1. The second component when a radome for a submarine may be formed of syntactic foam. The load transmitting member may be formed from fibre-reinforced plastics material. <IMAGE> |