Możliwości wykorzystania tworzyw kompozytowych do wałów okrętowych

In the article are presented the rules of selecting the composite materials on the drive shafts of ships. Methods of building hulls of the ships have been presented and described and the review of selected ships with the composites in NATO countries. The drive shaft is the construction which subject to of the complex load condition, why should very carefully analyze the state of the load. The paper presents the technology of making the drive shafts in the Japan on the basis of the experimental vessel made on a scale of 1:10. The tests carried out showed that the composite materials meet the requirements that are required materials for the drive shafts of vessels. In Poland there are the right conditions to take the issue related to the construction of the drive shaft on the basis of composite materials.