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Static Tensile and Transient Dynamic Response of Cracked Aluminum Plate Repaired with Composite Patch – Numerical Study

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In this study, the central cracked aluminum plates repaired with two sided composite patches are investigated numerically for their response to static tensile and transient dynamic loadings. Contour integral method is used to define and evaluate the stress intensity factors at the crack tips. The reinforcement for the composite patches is carbon fibers. The effect of adhesive thickness and patch thickness and configuration in tensile loading case and pre-tension, pre-compression and crack length effect on the evolution of the mode I stress intensity factor (SIF) (KI) of the repaired structure under transient dynamic loading case are examined. The results indicated that KI of the central cracked plate is reduced by 1/10 to 1/2 as a result of the bonded composite patch repair in tensile loading case. The crack length and the pre-loads are more effective in repaired structure in transient dynamic loading case in which, the 100 N pre-compression reduces the maximum KI for about 40 %, and the 100 N pre-tension reduces the maximum KI after loading period, by about 196 %.

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Khalili, S.M.R., Shariyat, M. & Mokhtari, M. Static Tensile and Transient Dynamic Response of Cracked Aluminum Plate Repaired with Composite Patch – Numerical Study. Appl Compos Mater 21, 441–455 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-014-9390-7

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