This paper presents the use of both bonded sleeve and bonded composite patches to repair a crack emanating from a fastener hole in a relatively thick plate subjected to biaxial load. Proper design requires that the reinforcing patch and the steel sleeve absorb an appreciable fraction of the load to reduce the stress intensity near the crack tip. Also, the patch may not fail or detach from the structure under load cycling. All results obtained from three-dimensional finite element computation are analysed to illustrate the application of fracture mechanics to the repair technology. It is shown that, for all loading conditions, the mode I and II stress intensity factors are si~ifi~ntly reduced by using the bonded sleeve and bonded patches separately or together. In general, the dire&on of composite Ebres, being stiffer, could be orientated in the direction perpendicular to the crack in pure mode I to satisfy the design guidelines. In mixed-mode conditions, however, both the loading state and crack geometry should be considered to find the most effective ply orientation. The results show that the optimum ply orientation should be selected to coincide with the axis of principal tensile stress.