ISSN:
1460-2695
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Fatigue crack propagation tests have been made on 150 mm wide panels of 1.6 mm thick 7475-T761 clad aluminium alloy sheet with and without adhesively bonded patches of pre-formed carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). The test frequency was 10 Hz, the minimum stress: maximum stress ratio, R, was 0.1 and the peak applied fatigue stress was 60 MPa.The tests were undertaken to assess the possibility of preventing the growth of fatigue cracks, or reducing their rate of growth, by the application of CFRP patches to one face only of pre-cracked aluminium alloy sheet. The variables examined included the type of patch and adhesive; the size, shape and thickness of the patch; and the effect of chamfering the edges of the patch and the removal of the cladding prior to patching.Results indicated that correctly designed and bonded CFRP patches substantially decreased the subsequent crack growth rate. The size and thickness of the patch had significant effects upon the reduction of fatigue crack growth rate whereas the shape of the patch, chamfering and the removal of the cladding prior to patching had little influence.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.1984.tb00200.x
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