Impact testing on the pristine and repaired composite materials for aerostructures
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Author(s)
Hall, Zoe
Liu, Jun
Brooks, Richard
Liu, Haibao
Dear, John
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Aircraft technologies and materials have been developing and improving drastically over the last hundred years. Over the last three decades, an interest in the use of composites for external structures has become prominent. For this to be possible, thorough research on the performance of composite materials, specifically the impact performance, have been carried out. For example, research of impact testing for pristine carbon-reinforced epoxy composites mentions matrix cracks, fibre fracture, and delamination as the failure modes that require monitoring. In addition, thorough testing has been carried out on composites repaired with an adhesive bond to observe the effects of conditioning on the adhesively bonded repair. The results suggest there are no major changes in the adhesive under the testing condition. By reviewing the impact testing on the pristine and repaired composite materials for aerostructures, this paper aims to illustrate the main findings and also explore the potential future work in this research scope.
Date Issued
2023-06
Date Acceptance
2023-04-10
Citation
Applied Mechanics, 2023, 4 (2), pp.421-444
ISSN
2673-3161
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
421
End Page
444
Journal / Book Title
Applied Mechanics
Volume
4
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3161/4/2/24
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-04-12