Analysis of bonded repairs to damaged fibre composite structures

✍ Scribed by R. Jones; R.J. Callinan; K.C. Aggarwal

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 748 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-7944
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(83)90021-8

✦ Synopsis

This paper describes a finite element method for analysing the behaviour of flaws in thin fibre composite sheets which are repaired with a bonded overlay. The method is an extension of the authors' previous work on the repair of metal structures. As illustrative examples the repair of a hole and a crack in various graphite/epoxy laminates is discussed and it is shown that in each case a bonded overlay of either boron/epoxy or titanium provides an effective repair.