The development of glass-carbon hybrid woven fabrics has made it possible to produce reinforced plastics with strengths and moduli comparable to those of light alloys. It is shown that these fabrics, when applied to a light alloy substrate by wet-laminating methods using fast-curing epoxy resins, can give bond strength equivalent to those obtained by rivetting, and thus have potential for the emergency repair of damaged aircraft. Typical repairs to aircraft skin components are described and the results of tensile evaluations are reported. Preliminary work on the repair of carbon fibre reinforced laminates by the adhesive bonding of preformed carbon fibre composite patches is also reported. (DePo)
The application of reinforced plastics to the emergency repair of aircraft
Anwendung von verstaerktem Kunststoff bei Notreparaturen an Flugzeugen
JOINTING IN FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTICS. IPC SYMP. ; Sep ; 104-115
1978
12 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 5 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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