25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-4.2.4

IMPACT OF BONDED REPAIRS TO CFRP LAMINATES UNDER LOAD

H. C. H. Li, T. Mitrevski*, I. Herszberg**
RMIT, Australia; *Monash Univ., Australia; **CRC-ACS Ltd., Australia

Keywords: Carbon composite, bonded repair, scarf joint, impact

This paper examines the behaviour of preloaded composite bonded patch systems to impact. The critical impact energies of the structure are determined and compared with the residual strength of the structure after zero-load impact. The implications for the design of such repairs are also discussed in this context.

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