Progress in patch repair of aerospace composite structures

  • Weiguo Hou*
  • , Weifang Zhang
  • , Qingyun Tang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the rapid application of the composite structure in the aerospace industry, more load-bearing structures and components are used with composites instead of conventional engineering materials. However, the composite structures are inevitably suffered damages in the complex environment, the composites structures repair become more important in the airplane maintenance. This paper describes the composites patch repair progress. Firstly, the flaws and damages concerned to composite structures are concluded, and also the repair principles are presented. Secondly, the advantages and disadvantages for different repair methods are analyzed, as well as the different bonded repair and their applicability to different structures is discussed. According the recent research in theory and experiment, the scarf repair effects under different parameters are analyzed. Finally, the failure mechanisms of repair structure are discussed, and some prospects are put forward.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThird International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event3rd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 5 Dec 20118 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8409
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period5/12/118/12/11

Keywords

  • Aerospace structure
  • Composite
  • Damages
  • Failure mechanism
  • Flaws
  • Repair
  • Scarf angle

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